The document summarizes an ethical dilemma faced by Microsoft during an antitrust trial with the U.S. government. The government alleged that Microsoft abused its monopoly power in the operating system marketplace by integrating Internet Explorer into Windows and favoring its own products. The lengthy trial involved Microsoft, the Justice Department, Netscape, Intel, Sun, and others. Potential alternative solutions for Microsoft could have been agreeing to slow innovation or explaining how it faced competition. However, the complexity of the case led it to proceed to trial.