By Suzanna Kerridge, 1 July 1998 15:08
NEWS Microsoft is celebrating today after it learned the US Court of Appeals has thrown out an injunction that prevented the bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows 95. The Court ruled the operating system and browser are a "genuine integration" and that Microsoft should be free the sell them as a single product. It accused Judge Jackson of making procedural and substantive errors in imposing the injunction in December. William Neukom, head legal counsel for Microsoft, said the decision validates Microsoft's "right to do what it has been doing". In a statement, the Department of Justice said it is "disappointed" by the outcome. However, it said it remains confident that evidence filed against the software giant in its ongoing antitrust case will "demonstate that Microsoft's conduct has violated federal antitrust laws".
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