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Microsoft's only interest in IE was to protect the Windows monopoly by suffocating Netscape and its Java Applets. And they told OEMs they wouldn't sell them Wi
by euyyn 10y ago
Microsoft's only interest in IE was to protect the Windows monopoly by suffocating Netscape and its Java Applets.
And they told OEMs they wouldn't sell them Windows at all if they preinstalled Netscape or uninstalled IE.
Which is why they got sued by the government and lost the trial.
Kind of different if you ask me.
- nickpsecurity 10y agoMuch worse version of monopolistic tactics I agree.
- scholia 10y agoAs a matter of fact, Microsoft won the browser case 2-1 on appeal. It was found guilty in the larger anti-trust case, but not in the browser case. See Microsoft Wins In Appeals Court -- It Gets OK To Require Use Of Its Internet Browser; Special Master Booted http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19980623&slug=2757664 http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=199... Microsoft Wins Key Ruling An Appeals Court Said The Company's Browser Can Be Integrated Into Windows 95. The U.s. Had Sued To Stop It. http://articles.philly.com/1998-06-24/news/25728049_1_windows-software-appeals-court-internet-explorer http://articles.philly.com/1998-06-24/news/25728049_1_window... etc