"Netscape's lawsuit is a logical extension of the findings entered by the District Court and unanimously affirmed by the Court of Appeals that Microsoft thwarted competition, violated the antitrust laws and illegally preserved its monopoly at Netscape's expense," Randall J. Boe, AOL's general counsel, said in a statement.  "There is no question that Microsoft's conduct violated the law and harmed competition and consumers,” Boe continued. "Netscape's lawsuit seeks not only an award of damages, but for the court to provide injunctive relief that will help restore competition on the computer desktop."

If AOL wins, they want damages paid as well as MS to start selling Windows without IE pre-installed. A few years ago visitors were about a 50/50 split of IE and Netscape users, now it's 96% IE and 2% Netscape, the other 2% being misc other browsers.