A taped Gates debates some definitions

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More videotaped testimony by Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates was presented by Justice Department lawyers in the prosecution of their antitrust suit against his computer software company. Justice Department lawyer David Boies questioned Gates about e-mail messages concerning the marketing of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. After presentation of the videotape, testimony was taken from Glenn R. Weadock of Independent Software Inc. alleging that the Internet Explorer software was woven into Microsoft's Windows 98 operating system to discourage companies from using competing browsers such as Netscape Navigator. According to Weadock, some of Internet Explorer's code is in the same library files as other code required by the Windows operating system and such combining of code serves no purpose of special benefit to the consumer.

Gates, Bill, MSFT, Testimony, Internet access software, Microsoft Internet Explorer (Web browser), Microsoft Windows 98 (Operating system), Antitrust Issue, Weadock, Glenn E.

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U.S. says Microsoft had 'enemies list' of rivals

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The existence of an 'enemies list' naming rival software makers that Microsoft Corp. considered to be "friends," "enemies" or "neutral" was made public during the federal government's cross-examination of a witness friendly to the Redmond, Washington software concern. It was disclosed that Bill Gates had authored a memo saying he felt the proposed purchase of Netscape Communications Corp. by America Online Inc. would hurt the government's antitrust case against his company and how he wanted the memo leaked to the press. Microsoft lawyers claimed Gates' memo was a confidential document; government attorneys hinted that the memo was self-serving. As to the 'enemies list,' a Microsoft spokesman said it had been written by a new employee, had not been enforced and was not reflective of corporate policy.

United States, Operating systems

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