Microsoft puts focus on usage of Netscape
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The availability of Netscape's Web browser is making it difficult for the government to press antitrust charges against Microsoft, according to the third week of Microsoft's defense in the US District Court trial. Computer users are downloading millions of copies of the Netscape browser each month, which Microsoft says contradicts federal prosecutors' accusations that Microsoft has unfairly pressured key distribution channels and limited consumer choices. Microsoft adds that customers have benefited from its Internet Explorer browser, as the pairing of Internet Explorer and Microsoft's Windows OS eventually drove the price of Web browsers to zero. By contrast the government is introducing evidence that it says demonstrates how Microsoft illegally attempted to extend its Windows monopoly to the browser market. Microsoft viewed the browsers as a threat to its Windows dominance, according to the government.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1998
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Microsoft wins a battle in antitrust war
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Microsoft Corp. won a victory in a federal appeals court as a judge overruled an injunction against the software giant. The move gave Microsoft fodder to use in its antitrust battle against the US Justice Department. US District Court Judge Thomas Penfield JacksonEs 1997 ruling that forced the company to market its Windows 95 operating system and Internet Explorer software separately, was overturned by a three-judge panel. Judge JacksonEs ruling was intended to protect competition in the Internet-browser market.
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Wins victory in a federal appeals court as judge overrules an injunction against the software giant
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1998
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