When the DOJ filed a motion to declare Microsoft in contempt of the
first consent decree, the reasoning was that Windows and Internet
Explorer were both "Covered Products" under the consent
decree, a combination that would not be allowed. Microsoft would argue
that Internet Explorer was integrated into Windows, so the product was
allowed within the scope of the consent decree. Once the investigation
reopened, the U.S. government and U.S. states suing Microsoft were able
to look into many more issues than just the connection between Windows
and Internet Explorer; in fact, the investigation looked into behaviors
toward competitors that would also be anticompetitive or violate the
initial consent decree in other ways.
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