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US vs. Microsoft (again) - The browser war

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Stern, R.H.
Copyright Year	1981
Abstract	Bill Gates has a Win 95 contract with Compaq for preloading Win 95 on Compaq PCs. The contract requires Compaq to preload Win 95 in the same form (without modification) in which Microsoft provides Win 95. That form includes Internet Explorer 3 (IE 3) as a component of the total software package. (This is something like the way Sun licensed Java to Microsoft, although not the way Microsoft distributed its version. Hence, the Sun vs. Microsoft suit.) Compaq wanted to ship some of its PCs with Netscape instead of IE, or at least to replace the IE 3 icon on the PC's Win 95 start-up screen with a Netscape icon. Microsoft told Compaq that if it did so, Microsoft would terminate Compaq's Win 95 license. Compaq backed down. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged Microsoft among other things, strong-arming Compaq. The government has asked the court to hold Microsoft in contempt of court. The critical question in this contempt proceeding is not whether Microsoft is violating the antitrust laws by what it is doing with IE and Win 95. The only issue is whether the 1995 consent judgment (consent decree) forbids what Microsoft is doing.
Sponsorship	IEEE Computer Society
Starting Page	2
Ending Page	5
Page Count	4
File Size	67275
File Format	PDF
ISSN	02721732
Volume Number	17
Issue Number	6
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1997-11-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Licenses IP networks Internet Operating systems Software systems Manufacturing Personal communication networks Navigation Gold Application software
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Software Hardware and Architecture

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