In 2001, a U.S. court of appeals tossed out an earlier U.S. district court order that Microsoft:

A. license Windows for sale by competitors.
B. be split into two competing firms.
C. divest itself of its Word and PowerPoint software programs.
D. end its proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems.


Answer: B

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