Microsoft was involved in a number of high profile court cases: - The one over internet explorer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp

Microsoft was involved in a number of high profile court cases: - The one over internet explorer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor... - Sun vs Microsoft over the attempt to "embrace and extinguish" the Java virtual machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Java_Virtual_Machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Java_Virtual_Machine I would argue that that second court case was more significant, as it was not a fact that standards were something that could be upheld in court. Also the JDK has had more of a lasting impact on the industry, at least it exists longer than both netscape navigator and internet explorer.