Sentence examples for contract restriction from inspiring English sources

In short, Mr. Boies was trying to recast the tying charge as a contract restriction -- that is, PC makers who wanted Windows had to take its Internet Explorer browsing software whether they wanted it or not.

Similarly, Microsoft relaxed some contract restrictions on Internet service suppliers early this year.

397, which related to contract restrictions against disposal of implements of war, was transferred to section 523 of this title.

Is Apple imposing technical or contract restrictions on the use of the iPhone 5 in your 4G network?

These so-called "shell" screens were offered by some PC makers until a few years ago, when Microsoft tightened its contract restrictions, industry executives say.

A senior I.B.M. executive accused the Microsoft Corporation today of imposing contract restrictions on software developers that prevented OS/2, I.B.M's computer operating system, from effectively competing with Microsoft Windows.

The Justice Department is intent on loosening Microsoft's contract restrictions and giving personal computer makers more freedom to determine what appears on screens of the machines they make.

Second, once record companies are reassured that the iTunes formula can work, Apple hopes that they will relax the contract restrictions that limit the service to United States residents only.

One key reason is apparently that Microsoft viewed contract restrictions in the proposal as limiting its freedom to add new technology freely to its industry-standard Windows operating system.

The easing of contract restrictions also came after the Justice Department's high-profile investigation of Microsoft was well under way and the company faced Senate hearings and a Government challenge in a separate case.

In the face of industry criticism, for example, Microsoft recently dropped the contract restrictions it placed on some 40 American and European companies that provide dial-up Internet access to individuals and corporations.