Microsoft Anti-Trust Case In 1890, Congress passed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Since then there has been very few companies that have violated this act. In 1911 it was used it to break J.D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil trust in to 30 different competing companies. Then in 1982 AT&T’s monopoly was broken up in what has been called the biggest anti-trust case to date. Now Microsoft has been charged and found guilty. ( “America's History Of Monopoly-Busting” ) Lack …showed first 75 words of 796 total…

…showed last 75 words of 796 total…as small as imposing large fines on Microsoft and restricting their conduct in the market place or, in the most extreme case, they would break up Microsoft. ( “Verdict stings Microsoft" ) Bibliography Works Cited CNNfn. “Microsoft, DOJ timeline”. http://cnnfn.com/2000/04/03/technology/microsoft_chronology/ (3 Apr. 2000) http://cnnfn.com/1999/11/05/technology/microsoft_chronology/ (5 Nov. 1999) CNNfn. “Verdict stings Microsoft”. http://cnnfn.com/2000/04/03/technology/microsoft/ (3 Apr. 2000) Jackson, Brooks/CNN. “America's History Of Monopoly-Busting”. http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/05/15/antitrust.jackson/ (15 May 1998)