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...been held up to ridicule and effectively dubbed a liar in court -? but Bill Gates is no less confident that Microsoft can win its antitrust case. "As our witnesses come forward, you will see the facts simply don't support the government's claim," the CEO told 2,000 shareholders Wednesday, who responded with a standing ovation. He could hardly tell them otherwise, of course. But this wasn't just optimistic bluster. The software titan, who three years ago told a group of Intel executives that "this antitrust thing will blow over," genuinely has nothing but disdain for the Justice...
...faulty memory won't go down well with the judge either, says Cohen: "You need to be deft in explaining why you don't remember something. I'm not sure his performance rises to that level." Microsoft may be earning stockholders a fat 62 cents per share -? but if antitrust law kicks in, even the market will notice...
WASHINGTON: More of Bill Gates?s videotaped testimony dribbled out Monday, as government antitrust lawyers opened up yet another front against the software giant. This time, the subject was Intel -- and the now-familiar blurry image of the billionaire was seen denying an attempt to muscle the chip-makers out of the software business. The feds are concerned about a meeting in August 1995 (when Microsoft appears to have been on something of a rampage, given the alleged Netscape shakedown that came a month before). Gates met with Andy Grove at Intel?s campus, intent on persuading his opposite number...
...have thought Bill Gates has a memory problem? In the two hours of Gates's 20-hour video deposition shown in court Monday, the Microsoft chairman appears unable to recall anything about critical e-mail messages he sent to subordinates concerning Apple, Sun and other competitors. Antitrust prosecutors used the tapes to prep the court for Wednesday's appearance by Apple exec Avadis Tevanian, hoping that Gates's performance will cast a shadow over his corporation's motives: "A lot of this trial comes down to the perception of whether or not a monopoly played within the rules and used...
...company that was once loath to play in the political sandbox, Microsoft sure has come around. Mere days before the opening of Microsoft's court battle with antitrust lawyers, the G.O.P.'s senatorial committee pulled in a $100,000 contribution from the company, and the Republican National Committee got a $40,000 check--bringing the software giant's soft-money gifts to the party to more than $400,000 in the 1997-98 election cycle. Coincidentally, about that time, 10 Republican Senators signed a "Dear Colleague" letter criticizing the CLINTON Administration for subjecting the software industry to "needless regulation through...