[commandar]

> People seem to forget that Microsoft went through 3 years of worrying that the government would break them up because they bundled a browser with Windows.

I think that's a pretty large oversimplification.

Microsoft didn't get in trouble just for bundling a browser; they got in trouble for bundling a browser and then using their position of market dominance to lock out competition, e.g., they used Windows licensing agreements to forbade OEMs from preinstalling competing browsers on systems. Microsoft's behavior went well beyond just bundling a browser.

[kenjackson]

Yes, MS didn't want preinstalled 3rd party apps that replicated functionality. :-)