And while the look and feel lawsuit wasn’t going Apple’s way, indications are that the QuickTime lawsuit where it was clear that MS was using Apple’s Quicktime

And while the look and feel lawsuit wasn’t going Apple’s way, indications are that the QuickTime lawsuit where it was clear that MS was using Apple’s Quicktime code that was licensed to a third party had legs. Also MS was much more concerned about snuffing out Netscape than Apple. Apple agreed to make IE the default browser on Macs. Besides, at the time, MS made more on each Mac sold than Apple because of Office.