Internet Explorerwasalreadypre-installed on almosteveryPC, and the Redmond companyhadtentimestheresourcesto spend on developmentandresearchthantheir open-sourcecompetitor.
That court overturned a previous ruling by Jackson that barred Microsoft from requiring PC makers licensing Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system to also take the software vendor's InternetExplorer Web browser as part of the license.