Microsoft insisted that Internet Explorer (IE) was not a product but a feature that it was allowed to add to Windows, although the DOJ did not agree with this definition.[6]
The government alleged that Microsoft had abused monopoly power on Intel-based personal computers in its handling of operating system and web browser integration.
Under the commitments approved by the Commission, Microsoft will make available for five years in the European Economic Area (through the Windows Update mechanism) a “Choice Screen” enabling users of Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 to choose which web browser(s) they want to install in addition to, or instead of, Microsoft’s browser Internet Explorer.
I thought you meant this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.
Also in the EU:
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_09_1941
Here’s the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:
United States of America v. Microsoft Corporation, 253 F. 3d 34 (D. C. Cir.
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