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When the verdict came in April 2000, Judge Jackson, the presiding judge, ruled that the software giant had broken US competition laws. As a result on 7 June, 2000 he ordered Microsoft to be broken up into two separate companies. Naturally, Gates was both dismayed and furious at the decision. Not one to back down, he immediately appealed against the decision. Eventually, the Department of Justice decided against a break up, and various antitrust penalties were imposed, such as a requirement for Microsoft to share some of its intellectual property, such as source code, with third parties.