npub15mlsk26z49ynfwv9m0ncuwzpkzr0nuyvjazjv7mg0l66xwjq2z2sez2w4s (npub15ml…2w4s) Beyond the simple availability of browser choice on Windows, as part of the 1997 request to hold MS in Civil Contempt for violating the 1994 consent decree, DOJ wanted them to decouple Windows licensing and Internet Explorer licensing. While the final settlement didn’t actually require them to separate the products, the period between 1997 and 2002 created enough uncertainty in the market that the push to integrate ActiveX into the web effectively died. The final settlement also mandated third-party access to Microsoft APIs through at least 2007.
This allowed the web to remain open enough that Apple, while using a Mac-specific version of IE for a few years, was also free to develop Safari during this period, unencumbered by a need to somehow support Microsoft’s proprietary ActiveX web extensions.
See https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts///cs181/projects/microsoft-vs-doj/ie/DOJSuesMS.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActiveX
Rick Baumhauer /
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2024-03-23 20:42:12
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