Last modified: June 23, 1998 7:20 PM PDT
Big win for Windows
By
CNET News.com Staff
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
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June 23, 1998
6:15 p.m. PT |
Microsoft wins a major battle, but its war with
antitrust regulators is far from over.
Injunction rejected
update
A court lifts restrictions on the bundling of Windows 95 and Internet Explorer.
A symbolic victory?
news analysis
The ruling is a victory for Microsoft--but may end up largely symbolic.
PC plans unchanged
The decision may not derail plans by computer makers to include Netscape's browser.
Stock soars on ruling
update
Microsoft's stock price nears $100 on news of the appellate court victory.
Full text of decision
The judges provide copious analysis in overturning the lower court's injunction.
A long legal history
timeline
Antitrust questions have dogged the company throughout the '90s.
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Microsoft sued
Attorneys general from 20 states 
and the District of Columbia join the Justice Department in filing parallel historic antitrust suits against Microsoft, drawing global reaction.
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Microsoft back to core case
Microsoft and the Justice Department 
settle their contempt-of-court dispute and get back to the larger issue of technology integration and the company's business practices.
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Microsoft's $1 million question
The antitrust dispute stalls
on whether Microsoft is in contempt of court and should be fined $1 million per day for not following the judge's order to unbundle Internet Explorer from Windows 95.
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Microsoft case in court
Microsoft is dealt a legal 
setback in the first round of the Justice Department's suit and softens its public stance.
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Microscope on Microsoft
The Justice Department 
charges Microsoft with violating a 1995 consent decree on the licensing of Internet Explorer and Windows 95.
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