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...Gates and Satan, and you'll turn up tens of thousands of hits. Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig was a court-appointed monitor in an earlier Justice Department suit against Microsoft before Gates' lawyers uncovered an old e-mail in which Lessig joked that when he installed Microsoft's browser on his computer he "sold his soul...
...never did use the D word, but Justice Department lawyers have good tactical reasons for keeping Gates' own words and deeds at the heart of their case. Justice began its antitrust campaign against Microsoft with a straightforward claim that the company was guilty of improperly "bundling" its Internet Explorer browser into its popular Windows software. Judge Jackson bought the argument, but it was shot down by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals--a reversal that Microsoft viewed as decisive. Justice is now making a more wide-ranging argument that there is a pervasive pattern of Microsoft's using its monopoly...
Despite its difficulty in making the "bundling" argument, Justice has continued to build its case around the Internet browser--the principal software used to navigate the Internet. The government contends that Microsoft has been intent on overtaking Netscape's Navigator because it fears that such browsers may one day be used as an alternative operating system for computers in a way that could make Windows obsolete. Winning the browser war, Boies charged, was Microsoft's way of gaining "a choke hold on the Internet...
...that Microsoft systematically "set out to use its vast power as the producer of Windows to 'cut off Netscape's air supply.'" Netscape is a strong case study for the Justice Department because its alleged injuries are clear and dramatic. According to AdKnowledge, Netscape had almost 77% of the browser market in January 1997, compared to Microsoft's Internet Explorer's 20%. By August 1998, Microsoft had 49% to Netscape...
...heart of Barksdale's testimony was a June 21, 1995, meeting between Netscape and Microsoft to discuss the Internet browser market. It was at that meeting, Netscape says, that Microsoft crossed the line from aggressive competitor to rapacious monopolist. "It was like a visit by Don Corleone," Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen recalled later. "I expected to find a bloody computer monitor in my bed the next day." Barksdale charged in his testimony that Microsoft's goal at the meeting was to illegally divide the browser market, keeping the lion's share for itself. "I have never been...