Due to the disturbance caused by the party members, the Department of Justice had to suspend the previous sanctions.
In Seattle, they insisted that their bundling of the browser did not violate the previous settlement agreement.
Because a browser is not an application software, it is an extended function that comes with the Windows system.
Yes, as long as the browser is argued to be a system function, it doesn't count as Microsoft's violation of the agreement.
But clearly, the Department of Justice was not so easily fooled, and Microsoft's sophistry made industry insiders laugh.
However, Seattle never gave up their reasonable explanation for the bundling behavior, and at the same time, Microsoft's spokesperson also appeared quite innocent.
"They always accuse Microsoft of monopolizing the market, but the fact is that we hold a very small share in the browser domain.
