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| | BRIA(16:2) King Leopold, Heart of Darkness, Belgium, Congo, Rockefeller, Standard Oil, Monopoly, United States v. Microsoft, antitrust cases |
 | | In May 1998, after fruitless attempts to settle with Microsoft out of court, the federal government, 20 states, and the District of Columbia sued the company under the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. |
 | | Netscape complained that Microsoft was competing unfairly, first by giving Explorer away free and second by forcing the manufacturers to make it the default browser on their computers. |
 | | Even so, the federal and state governments decided to go on with their antitrust lawsuits, alleging that Microsoft was illegally attempting to preserve its Windows monopoly. |
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