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Gates' Browser Bundling Strategy
- Bill Gates bundled Internet Explorer with Windows to make it ubiquitous and outcompete Netscape's browser.
- Microsoft paid AOL to make Internet Explorer the default browser, securing a billion-dollar deal.
Browser Logo Lawn Prank
- Microsoft employees stole a giant Internet Explorer logo sculpture from their own party to place it on Netscape's lawn.
- Netscape employees creatively responded by putting their Mozilla mascot atop the logo, mocking Microsoft.
Perceptions of Microsoft's Predatory Strategy
- Microsoft’s tactic of bundling free software with Windows raised concerns about monopolizing multiple markets.
- Critics started seeing Microsoft as predatory rather than just competitive, worried about its growing unchecked power.