Recently a federal appeals court rendered a unanimous decision that Microsoft Corp. does not have an automatic right to put whatever features it wants into its Windows operating system; rather each new feature needs to be evaluated separately. Many of these features are also made by much smaller companies. This ruling grew out of the power that Microsoft holds in the software market because it owns a major share of the marketplace. What purpose did this ruling have?

1. Protecting companies from one another
2. Protecting consumers from unfair trade practices
3. Protecting the future interests of society from dangerous business practices
4. Protecting consumers from one another
5. Protecting businesses from unfair consumer practices