Even offering IE for free will not win us every sale.
Three of these companies did not take the technical steps necessary to appear in the Referral Server even though they had signed agreements with Microsoft. 256. Between July 1996 and September 1997, Microsoft entered into Referral Server agreements with fourteen IAPs.
Although AOL eventually entered a listing into the Referral Server, it waited until November 1998, after the release of Windows 98. The remaining IAPs in the Windows 95 Referral Server represented ten of the top fifteen Internet access providers in the North America.
248. In September 1996, Microsoft announced the availability of the ``Internet Explorer Access Kit,'''' or ``IEAK.'''' By simply accessing the correct page on Microsoft''s Web site and clicking
cum on teen ass a box to indicate agreement with the license terms, any IAP could download the IEAK, which included a copy of Internet Explorer.
249. Using the IEAK, an IAP could create a distinctive identity for its service in as little as a few hours by customizing the title bar, icon, start and search pages, and ``favorites'''' in Internet Explorer. 246. Finally, Microsoft gave IAPs incentives to upgrade the millions of subscribers already using Navigator to proprietary access software that included Internet Explorer.