AlbinoRhyno - 3:38 pm on Apr 25, 2002 (gmt 0)

Not only could MS not stop Dell, but Dell could sue for unfair business practices (extortion?) if MS tried to raise prices or not sell because of Dell's decision to add Linux, or Opera, etc.

As to the argument that IE is buggy/bad and therefore shouldn't be required. So what? Just because something is bad (which I disagree with), that doesn't make it illegal. If so, we could sue Sega for the Dreamcast. All it takes is a visit to Opera/Netscape (which you couldn't do w/o your free IE browser) and d/l either program *for free*. There's no charge. MS doesn't cripple Windows if you install a new browser. All it needs is *A* browser, and of course they are going to ship their own w/ Windows instead of a competitor's.

Now, if MS would have tried to force you to sign up for their MSN internet service in order to use the internet on Windows, then there would be something to litigate about.