Microsoft release Internet Explorer for Mac and SpyGlass make a settlement with Microsoft. All on today’s On This Day from TEST Huddle.
1996 – Microsoft release IE for Mac
Microsoft releases Internet Explorer for the Macintosh.
1997 – Microsoft Settles with SpyGlass
On this day in 1997, Microsoft settles its browser royalty dispute with Spyglass by agreeing to a one-time payment of about $8 million. The settle comes after Microsoft licensed the Mosaic web browser from Spyglass in 1995 as the basis of Internet Explorer 1.0 (IE), which was released as an add-on for Windows 95 in Microsoft Plus! The agreement stipulated that Spyglass would receive a base quarterly fee for the Mosaic license plus a royalty from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer revenue. However Microsoft decided to bundle Internet Explorer with its Windows operating system which meant Spyglass were only getting a quarterly fee. SpyGlass persued Microsoft and the company decided to settle.
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