Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser continued to rise throughout 1997, including a new release (4.0) and a deal with Apple to make it the default browser on the Mac. However, before the year was out, the United States Justice Department was ready to intervene.

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Sources:

• https://ericsink.com/Browser_Wars.html

• https://apnews.com/article/eaccc35768012aa8c609620baa51b2c2

• https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/20/business/justice-dept-in-new-inquiry-into-microsoft.html

• https://news.microsoft.com/1997/10/01/microsoft-internet-explorer-4-0-now-available-delivers-the-web-the-way-you-want-it-to-users-worldwide/

• https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/21/business/us-tells-court-microsoft-breaks-antitrust-accord.html

• https://www.justice.gov/atr/cases/f1700/1763

• https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/11/biztech/articles/10demo.html