Microsoft had said earlier Monday it expected to question Felten over two days. The trial will be recessed Thursday until after the new year. Felten called the way Microsoft implanted its browser ''a question of packaging'' rather than a design decision. He said there was no distinction between removing the browser's functions under Windows and actually deleting all the browser's components. Microsoft contends that distinction is important because it suggests its browser isn't identifiable as a stand-alone piece of software.
Antitrust law prohibits companies that have monopolies from tying separate products.
Microsoft contends it does not have a monopoly. Felten compared using an Internet browser to using a tool, such as a screwdriver. It's hard to use other screwdrivers or use other tools. By The Associated Press Copyright 1998 Associated Press . All rights reserved.