RE: "...the language of the injunction specifically prohibits incorporating browsers in future versions of the OS...."
That's not my reading. The ruling merely prohibits it (the bundling of IE) as a condition of licensing the OS. Big difference.
-Clip from Judge's ruling-
FURTHER ORDERED, sua sponte, that Microsoft Corporation, its officers, agents servants, employees, attorneys, and all others in active concert or participation with them, are hereby enjoined, and shall cease and desist from and after the date hereof, from the practice of licensing the use of any Microsoft personal computer operating system software (including Windows 95 or any successor version thereof) on the condition, express or implied, that the licensee also license and preinstall any Microsoft Internet browser software (including Internet Explorer 3.0, 4.0, or any successor versions thereof) pending further order of Court.
/s/ Thomas Penfield Jackson
U.S. District Court
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