Editing Internet Explorer (section)

===Internet Explorer 1===
[[File:Internet Explorer 1.0.png|thumb|Internet Explorer 1|right]]
[[File:Internet Explorer 2 logo.png|thumb|Logo for [[Internet Explorer 2]] ]]
The Internet Explorer project was started in the summer of 1994 by [[Thomas Reardon]],<ref name="tr35">{{cite web|title=Thomas Reardon, 34|url=http://www2.technologyreview.com/tr35/profile.aspx?trid=301|work=MIT Technology Review|access-date=January 18, 2015|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225080855/http://www2.technologyreview.com/tr35/profile.aspx?trid=301|url-status=dead}}</ref> who, according to former project lead Ben Slivka,<ref name="slivka">{{cite web|title=Internet Explorer: A Brief History [6/2022 update]|date=May 28, 2021 |url=https://benslivka.com/2021/05/27/internet-explorer-a-brief-history/|publisher=Ben Slivka|access-date=August 7, 2023|archive-date=June 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622193153/https://benslivka.com/2021/05/27/internet-explorer-a-brief-history/}}</ref> used source code from [[Spyglass, Inc.]] Mosaic, which was an early commercial web browser with formal ties to the pioneering [[National Center for Supercomputing Applications]] (NCSA) [[Mosaic (web browser)|Mosaic]] browser.<ref name="bw">{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/january/new0122d.htm |title=Microsoft's $8 Million Goodbye to Spyglass |access-date=February 9, 2011 |first=Peter |last=Elstrom |date=January 22, 1997 |website=[[Businessweek]] |publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970629174318/http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/january/new0122d.htm |archive-date=June 29, 1997}}</ref><ref name="win">{{cite web |url=https://www.itprotoday.com/windows-78/microsoft-and-spyglass-kiss-and-make |title=Microsoft and Spyglass kiss and make up |website=[[IT Pro]] |publisher=[[Penton (company)|Penton]] |last=Thurrott |first=Paul |date=January 22, 1997 |access-date=February 9, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120919002551/http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/microsoft-and-spyglass-kiss-and-make-up.aspx |archive-date=September 19, 2012}}</ref> In late 1994, [[Microsoft]] licensed Spyglass Mosaic for a quarterly fee plus a percentage of Microsoft's non-Windows revenues for the software.<ref name="win" /> Although bearing a name similar to NCSA Mosaic, Spyglass Mosaic had used the NCSA Mosaic source code sparingly.<ref name="ericsink1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ericsink.com/Browser_Wars.html|title=Memoirs From the Browser Wars|publisher= Ericsink.com|access-date=October 17, 2008}}</ref>

The first version, dubbed Microsoft Internet Explorer, was installed as part of the ''Internet Jumpstart Kit'' in the [[Microsoft Plus!]] pack for [[Windows 95]].<ref name="mshistory">{{Cite web |url=https://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/historyofie.mspx |title=The History of Internet Explorer |website=[[Microsoft]] |access-date=February 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051001113951/http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/historyofie.mspx |archive-date=October 1, 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Internet Explorer team began with about six people in early development.<ref name="ericsink1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/2009-1032-995681.html|title=Software empire pays high price|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|work=[[CNET News]]|date=April 15, 2003|first=John|last=Borland|access-date=February 9, 2011}}</ref> Internet Explorer 1.5 was released several months later for [[Windows NT]] and added support for basic table rendering. By including it free of charge with their [[operating system]], they did not have to pay royalties to Spyglass Inc, resulting in a lawsuit and a [[United States dollar|US$]]8&nbsp;million settlement on January 22, 1997.<ref name="bw" /><ref name="win" />

Microsoft was sued by SyNet Inc. in 1996, for [[trademark infringement]], claiming it owned the rights to the name "Internet Explorer".<ref name="Zdnet.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-sued-by-minnow-over-internet-explorer-name/|title=Microsoft sued by minnow over Internet Explorer name|last=Goodwins|first=Rupert|date=August 15, 1996|website=[[ZDNet]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101041746/https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-sued-by-minnow-over-internet-explorer-name/|archive-date=January 1, 2016|access-date=May 30, 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref> It ended with Microsoft paying $5 million to settle the lawsuit.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Microsoft Settles 'IE' Suit For $5M|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/microsoft-settles-ie-suit-for-5m/|access-date=2022-02-05|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=July 2, 1998 |language=en-US}}</ref>