U.S. District judge rules that Microsoft had violated antitrust laws...

U.S. District judge rules that Microsoft had violated antitrust laws by engaging in anti-competitive practices to protect its Windows operating system monopoly and attempting to monopolize the market for web browsers. The judge's ruling followed a long and contentious trial that had lasted for several months and had garnered widespread attention from the technology industry and the general public.The judge's ruling was seen as a major blow to Microsoft, and it raised concerns about the company's dominance in the technology industry and the potential for its actions to stifle innovation and harm consumers. The ruling ordered Microsoft to be broken up into smaller companies to prevent it from engaging in anti-competitive behavior in the future.

Saturday, 8 April, 2000