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Re: MS says Intel exec is "disgruntled"



--- From a message sent by Eric M. Bennett on 11/9/98 9:20 PM ---

>Here's a ZDNet article on the testimony of Intel exec Steven McGeady:
>http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2161773,00.html
>
>McGeady offered testimony that contradicts some of the "I don't recall"
>videotaped deposition of Bill Gates, indicated that Microsoft intended to
>"extinguish" HTML, and, according to ZDNet, said Microsoft threatened to
>drop support for Intel processors.
>
>Microsoft's response?  McGeady is just upset because his pet projects were
>canceled.

You only accuse this man of murder because your wife is dead!

Thank you, Perry Mason.

Incidentally, Intel describes him as a "reluctant witness." This may be 
little more than spin -- who knows -- but McGeady testified orally mainly 
to minimize the damage to the Microsoft-Intel relationship.

Mitch Stone
mstone@vc.net