# Microsoft loses Netscape/AOL antitrust suit

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-loses-netscape-aol-antitrust-suit/178386>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 29, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-loses-netscape-aol-antitrust-suit/178386 "2003-05-29T22:47:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-loses-netscape-aol-antitrust-suit/178386/1 "2003-05-29T22:47:38Z")

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MS will pay AOL $750 million for anticompetitive business practices that kept Netscape off computers:

[http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/a/2003/05/29/financial1631EDT0226.DTL](http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/a/2003/05/29/financial1631EDT0226.DTL)

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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-loses-netscape-aol-antitrust-suit/178386/2 "2003-05-29T22:55:58Z")

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Heh, that’s pocket change to Billy.

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**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-loses-netscape-aol-antitrust-suit/178386/3 "2003-05-29T23:44:14Z")

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to sound picky, but if they pay to settle a case they didn’t really lose it… they just paid to end the thing. No judgement was handed down.

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**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-loses-netscape-aol-antitrust-suit/178386/4 "2003-05-30T15:24:55Z")

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MSFT paid to settle, as well as to cooperate with AOL in certain areas moving forward.

That isn’t losing a law suit.

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**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-loses-netscape-aol-antitrust-suit/178386/5 "2003-05-30T20:19:08Z")

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Gee, and I thought it was poor programming that kept Netscape off of computers…at least in versions 4 through 6…

Besides, the judgement was chickenfeed.