The whole MS/IE was IMHO ridiculous
Are you aware Microsoft was punishing OEMs for using Netscape internally?
I well am. I think you're confusing two very different cases.
In 2010 the EU found MS guilty for shipping IE with its OS and forced it to use a ballot screen.
>That< I do find ridiculous, yes, and I disagree with the EU on all accounts on that.
That, also, has nothing to do with the mid 90s (bigger) case - in the US - you mention, and it does not involve the US at all. MS shipped as a consequence of the EU ruling two different versions of Windows: one with the ballot screen in EU, the other without, in the US and other markets.
Also, while I did agree with the US ruling in the 90s - completely different case - , I am not aware the EU having anything to do with it back then.
Edit: I looked at wikipedia about Eu and MS, and it is possible you are referring to a third different case involving Sun complaining that MS did not disclose APIs to allow third parties media applications to work as well as OS integrated ones. Microsoft was forced to release more info. I also agree with that ruling, for the records, so I am not always in disagreement with EU Commission.
