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The federal government took Microsoft to court for being a monopoly. Microsoft stated that the merging of its Microsoft Windows operating
system and Internet Explorer (IE) was the result of innovation and competition, that the two were now the same product and were inextricably
linked together, and that consumers were now getting all the benefits of IE for free. Those who opposed Microsoft's position countered that
the browser was still a distinct and separate product that did not need to be tied to the operating system, since a separate version of IE was
available for Apple's Mac OS.
Research this event in a bit more detail, and write a 1-2 paragraph response discussing whether you agree with Microsoft or its opponents

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Microsoft was right in that IE was free

also having IE didn't prevent a person from using other browsers such as Netscape & Safari

Microsoft was forced to buy huge amounts of Apple shares took keep the government happy

Microsoft was wrong in that if you uninstalled IE it did lead to problems with Windows

Microsoft was wrong in that browser business plans had it so that people got to use browsers free but companies had to pay so if IE was free for companies too then yes Microsoft had an unfair advantage that they were already in a product that companies already used

when users bought stuff through the browser IE it was safer