Breaking Windows: How Bill Gates Fumbled the Future of Microsoft cover
Breaking Windows: How Bill Gates Fumbled the Future of Microsoft
by David Bank
ISBN: 1416573259
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nxc18 · 2019-09-06 · Original thread
They did make it costly for OEMs to install competing browsers: https://www.justice.gov/atr/file/704881/download

Abusing their market position (only viable desktop OS) to promote IE and attempt to get a stranglehold on the web is a significant part of what got them in trouble.

Excellent book covers the situation in more detail: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Windows-Fumbled-Future-Micro...