This was at a time when its predecessor Internet Explorer 8, was the most popular web browser on the charts. Times have changed since then and we're now in an era where the Edge Chromium ...

But back then, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer was so dominant, the browser’s inclusion in Windows led to an antitrust lawsuit. Trying to get out from under IE’s shadow, many internet ...

However, the OS developer attempted to avoid those royalties by including Internet Explorer 1.5 for free in Windows NT, concluding in a lawsuit and an $8 million payout in January 1997.