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U.S. v. Microsoft Deposition by [a sardonic] Bill Gates

submitted by boblobblaw
1 decade 6 years 2 months ago

GV desc:
"United States v. Microsoft: Deposition by Bill Gates, part 1. - 53:17 - Aug 27, 1998

United States v. Microsoft was a court case filed against Microsoft by the United States Department of Justice. The plaintiffs alleged that Microsoft abused monopoly power in its handling of operating system sales and web browser sales. The issue central to the case was whether Microsoft was allowed to bundle its flagship Internet Explorer (IE) web browser software with its Windows operating system. Microsoft stated that the merging of Windows and Internet Explorer was the result of innovation and competition, and that the two were now the same product and were inextricably linked together and that consumers were now getting all the benefits of IE for free."

This is about as exciting and thrilling as watching C-Span, but it is an interesting piece of history nonetheless, and quite ironic that I am watching it with Firefox ...

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boblobblaw says...

part 2 (59:37) & part 3 (1:09:59)

I don't know why the links weren't working in the description ....

Dodging and weaving. It is surprisingly interesting to see Bill Gates try to avoid answering questions that he clearly should know the answer to.

I just deleted the Internet Explorer Shortcut Icon from my desktop to exercise the rights awarded to me by the ultimate outcome of this case. You didn't used to be able to delete it. Thanks, DoJ!

Surprisingly stimulating to watch.

>> ^mjeppsen:
Dodging and weaving. It is surprisingly interesting to see Bill Gates try to avoid answering questions that he clearly should know the answer to.

Well, it is a deposition, so anything you say can be used against you in court. So of course he would be extremely specific about what he does and does not say.

Moving this video to boblobblaw's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

boblobblaw says...

*beg

Sending this video to Beggar's Canyon to plea for a little attention - beg requested by original submitter boblobblaw.

The thumbnail image for this video has been updated - thumbnail added by vaporlock.

*length=53:17

The duration of this video has been updated from unknown to 53:17 - length declared by Stingray.

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