DOJ calls Microsoft browser compliance contemptible: Explorer-less Windows available only in outdated versions.(Department of Justice seeks contempt citation against Microsoft Corp. for failing to remove Internet Explorer from Windows 95)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, December, 1997 by Tedesco, Richard

The Department of Justice and Microsoft Corp. traded salvos again last week, as the DOJ sought a contempt citation from the federal court that issued a preliminary injunction against the Redmond, Wash., giant the week before. DOJ last week said Microsoft's professed compliance with the court order to allow computer manufacturers to separate its Internet Explorer from Windows 95 was a sham.

DOJ argued that Microsoft is offering original equipment manufacturers "options in name only": an outdated version of the Windows 95 operating system without Explorer or a beta version with bugs. Microsoft maintains that Explorer functionality is too integral to recent Windows 95 versions to be removed. "Microsoft has cynically acted as if the preliminary...

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