(Last Word) in 2000, Microsoft Was Fined $2

question 222

Multiple Choice

(Last Word) In 2000, Microsoft was fined $2.7 billion for

• A) using anticompetitive means to promote its Internet Explorer web browser.
• B) monopolizing the market for word processing software.
• C) conspiring with Netscape and Sun to monopolize the market for Internet browsers.
• D) deliberately pricing Windows 95 and 98 below marginal cost to monopolize the market for operating systems for personal computers.

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