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Was this an issue just because Netscape charged for their browser? Microsoft includes a lot of stuff with the OS, from calculator, file manager, rudimentary wo
by saberdancer 6y ago
Was this an issue just because Netscape charged for their browser?
Microsoft includes a lot of stuff with the OS, from calculator, file manager, rudimentary word processor, ... How is a browser any different? I understand now we know that the ads and search engine control became vital but I doubt it was predicted at the time. Maybe the regulators believed MS was trying to get Netscape out of the business only to start charging a premium for IE.
- ubermonkey 6y agoPartly, because MSFT deliberately included a competing product in the OS for free to destroy Netscape's business, and doing this from a position of near-total control of the ENTIRE personal computing market is literally the definition of monopolistic behavior.