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Microsoft Pays AOL $750 Million Over Its Destruction of Netscape
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In May 2003, Microsoft agreed to pay AOL Time Warner $750 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed in 2002 on behalf of its Netscape unit. The suit alleged that Microsoft had used illegal, strong-arm tactics — chiefly bundling Internet Explorer free with Windows — to crush Netscape's pioneering web browser and seize control of the market. The settlement, one of the largest Microsoft paid over its browser practices, also gave AOL a seven-year royalty-free license to use Internet Explorer. Netscape's collapse had been central to the U.S. government's antitrust case against Microsoft during Bill Gates's leadership.
Source: https://money.cnn.com/2003/05/29/technology/microsoft/
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