That was a false claim by Jim Barksdale, who was running Netscape at the time. All of the contested OEMs shipped Netscape, and Microsoft eventually won the brow

That was a false claim by Jim Barksdale, who was running Netscape at the time. All of the contested OEMs shipped Netscape, and Microsoft eventually won the browser case 2-1 on appeal. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19980623&slug=2757664 http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=199... As a matter of fact, Netscape's business practices did more to block the distribution of Navigator than Microsoft's. For example, it wouldn't allow third-party sites to distribute it, and at one point it withdrew the standalone browser to try to force the adoption of its internet suite. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Communicator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Communicator Microsoft's biggest concern wasn't with OEMs bundling Netscape (because it was investing in making IE a better browser) but with the idea of OEMs removing IE, which Microsoft regarded as part of the operating system.