(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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Microsoft was fined $2.7 billion in 2000 for using anticompetitive means to promote its Internet Explorer web browser, including bundling it with Windows in a way that made it difficult for users to switch to other browsers. This was seen as a violation of antitrust laws because it was seen as an attempt to use Microsoft's dominance in the operating system market to gain an unfair advantage in the browser market.

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