The IE monopoly era (with its drawbacks) was in the 00's with the infamous IE6[0]. The lawsuit you mention is unrelated, it was because of the bundling of IE wi

The IE monopoly era (with its drawbacks) was in the 00's with the infamous IE6[0]. The lawsuit you mention is unrelated, it was because of the bundling of IE with Windows, notably in Windows 98 a few years before. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_6#Market_share https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_6#Market_sha...