Those contracts were entered into when Microsoft had single-digit usage figures for browser software. Microsoft's contracts are not only completely unobjectionable, but pro-competitive because it reduced Netscape's dominance and gave consumers more choice.

And what was Netscape's share of the browser market at the end of June 1997?

Isn't it true that Netscape has actually increased the pace of new releases of its browser software as a result of Microsoft's browser software?

Your real objection is that they put the browser in the operating system -- you want it out, right?

Internet Explorer is not a stand-alone browser because the relevant integration occurred at the design stage. Internet Explorer is an integral feature (of Windows '95), like a shutter in a camera or a transmission in a car.