> Microsoft got hit for antitrust because of bundled software. Not quite. Microsoft's antitrust violations involved coercing other companies to bundle IE with

> Microsoft got hit for antitrust because of bundled software. Not quite. Microsoft's antitrust violations involved coercing other companies to bundle IE with their products. In particular: 1. They forced OEMs to ship IE instead of Netscape as a condition of obtaining Windows OEM licenses. 2. They made deals with ISPs to ship IE instead of Netscape (for example on AOL CDs). 3. They threatened to pull Office for Mac if Apple shipped Netscape with Mac OS instead of IE. The question of whether the sole act of bundling IE with Windows would have been itself an antitrust violation was never decided by the appeals court. It was remanded back to the district court for additional proceedings which never happened as the lawsuit was eventually settled.