[Am-info] Re: FC: Bill Gates is scheduled to testify in antitrust case in DC

[Gene Gaines]

>From Declan's Politech email list today.

Gene
gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com


On Friday, April 19, 2002, 2:34:17 PM, Declan wrote:

> Gates previously testified via a videotape deposition in (I recall) fall 
> 1998. He has not testified in person before.

> -Declan

>  From Microsoft:

> This morning, Microsoft has provided attorneys for the non-settling states 
> a list of witnesses that we plan to call to the stand next week in the 
> remedy proceedings in Washington DC.  Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software 
> Architect Bill Gates is included on this list.  We plan on calling Mr. 
> Gates to testify on Monday, April 22nd.   He will be the eighth Microsoft 
> witness and will take the stand in the sixth week of the trial.

> Mr. Gates will testify on the evolution of the PC ecosystem and Microsoft s 
> role in fostering innovation in the PC industry.  He will also testify on 
> how the remedies proposed by the non-settling states would imperil not only 
> Microsoft s business, but also cause harm to the PC industry and to 
> consumers. We will email you an embargoed copy of the Gates written direct 
> testimony Sunday afternoon.




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