Microsoft was convicted of using their monopoly in operating systems to prevent other browsers from being installed on Windows computers by OEM manufacturers. The browser/OS integration was a sideshow to the main legal issue.
There was no "conviction" (it's not a criminal case) - the judge's findings of fact centered on 1) monopoly & monopolistic behavior and 2) "tying" - specifically saying that a browser was a part of the operating system.
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Microsoft was convicted of using their monopoly in operating systems to prevent other browsers from being installed on Windows computers by OEM manufacturers. The browser/OS integration was a sideshow to the main legal issue.
There was no "conviction" (it's not a criminal case) - the judge's findings of fact centered on 1) monopoly & monopolistic behavior and 2) "tying" - specifically saying that a browser was a part of the operating system.