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...June 1995 meeting with Netscape. His priority, Rosen wrote, was to "establish Microsoft ownership of the Internet client platform for Windows 95." Microsoft lawyer John Warden had said Netscape must have "imagined" such an offer. Then again, Warden also claims the entire meeting was a sting concocted by the DOJ. "Any time a defendant says 'We were set up,'" said the government's lead attorney, David Boies, "I think that tells you how a trial is going...
...Once that was over, it was Barksdale's turn. The browser boss was intended to be the DOJ's star witness; he was also prepared to rush in where the feds dare not tread by talking about possible remedies, should Microsoft be found to have transgressed antitrust law. The appropriate solution? Not suprisingly, Barksdale wants the court to forever split Windows from Internet Explorer, making the bundling of the two illegal. This is, however, little more than a pipe dream -- not only have antitrust judges been historically reluctant to tamper in product design, but the court of appeals ruled last...
...Vehemently attacking the richest man in the world -- and one of the most eagerly aped businessmen in America -- might seem a risky legal strategy to some. Nevertheless, the DOJ and 20 states are pursuing it with full vigor. Their previous court filings have already accused Gates of personally directing the effort to leverage Windows' monopoly to Microsoft's advantage in the browser market; now the states' lead attorney, Steve Houck, is blasting the billionaire for not being on his own firm's witness list. "Given Mr. Gates's key role in these events," said Houck, "the only explanation...
...mail that might have helped the government's antitrust case, according to USA Today. The paper said that former Microsoft employees have provided evidence that an undetermined number of electronic messages were deleted in May, shortly before the Justice Department filed its most recent antitrust suit. If the DOJ turns that accusation into something substantial, it could transform a regulatory case into a criminal investigation -- and leave Bill Gates feeling as aggrieved as Bill Clinton. "Microsoft has cooperated fully with every government investigation over the past 10 years," insisted a spokesman. "We have provided over 1.3 million pages...
...That's hardly conclusive evidence, but it may be enough to tip the balance in the DOJ's bitter civil war over whether to call for a campaign-finance independent counsel. Repeated calls for a probe from Louis Freeh and prosecutor Charles La Bella have so far gone unheeded by Janet Reno; according to a report in Thursday's New York Times, however, the A-G is beginning to swing. Reno has until the end of August to order a 90-day preliminary inquiry into the allegations against Gore. That's just enough time to give Al a nice "welcome...