A US federal judge ordered the Microsoft Corporation to split into two companies today, prescribing the biggest corporate breakup since AT&T while harshly rebuking the global software giant for stifling computer-age competition. ... A second that would handle all other Microsoft software, such as its "Word" program.

Did Microsoft break up?

On June 7, 2000, the court ordered a breakup of Microsoft as its remedy.

When did Microsoft get broken up?

The court ruled in April 2000 that Microsoft had violated the Sherman Act, and later ordered that Microsoft be broken up into two separate companies. The judge ruled that Microsoft had actively tried to crush its competitors, including Apple, IBM, Netscape, Sun, and others. Microsoft immediately appealed the ruling.