The Justice Department's antitrust division petitioned Jackson to find Microsoft in contempt of a 1995 consent decree in which the company agreed to desist from unfair business practices. The government contends that Microsoft has tried to coerce PC-makers, including Compaq, Micron, and Gateway 2000, to bundle Internet Explorer onto their machines or lose their Windows 95 operating-system licenses. Justice wants Jackson to impose a US$1 million-a-day contempt citation against Microsoft. At today's hearing, Microsoft lawyers said they want a wide-ranging hearing on the charge, contending that the government should have moved sooner against it if there were problems. The company says the hearing is needed to shed more light on exactly what the sometimes ambiguous 1995 consent decree meant. In answering the government's central allegation, Microsoft replied, as expected, that Internet Explorer is an integral part of its Windows OS, not a separate product.