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to just is Orange brown tie nervously he's about to face red days, questioning take deposition led by a legal mastermind from the private sector whose joined from which to the video is can trial as evidence anything he says on. The tape can and will be used against him and Microsoft. Prosecutor, David Boys, isn't going easy on it gates rocks back in worth in his chair and takes law pauses before responding, sometimes getting surly and that plays I'd into boys strategy. What what's the question is, if you ask me about what I wrote the seeing our what you asked me about, I'm asking you about January of ninety nine, six that love Yasser and what about it? What non Microsoft browsers

We are concerned about in January at night, and I know you mean concerned what is it about? The word concern which you don't understand, the audience emits a chuckle and even judged. Mr Penfield Jackson, known for being a tough guy, can't help it laugh. He's got a bit more leeway to rolled his eyes, his gates quibbles, because there's no jury present gates like someone trying to cover up the truth by splitting hairs, he's calmly but insistently bores into it with him, moving on until they beaten the point right into the ground, the back and forth is draining the whole court rooms, patients and Jackson's prostration with gates is becoming obvious. The court room can see it in Jackson shaking head his eye roles, his laughter on top

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For I'm wondering I'm David Brown, and this is business wars. You're listening to the browser wars, Netscape, verses, Microsoft, Microsoft, as out maneuvered Netscape by bundling its browser internet explorer with its windows operating systems and then give The browser away as its use, De Netscape Withers, but before Microsoft can celebrate the federal governed and twenty states, while Anti trust lawsuits against Microsoft. The governor.

Aims to show that Microsoft acted illegally in squelching competition by use, Its monopoly on pc operating systems to drive Netscape out of business Microsoft, just hard nosed business and is fighting back. You are you are listening to episode six even when they lose they win The lawsuit goes for years, because the stakes are high. This could bring down the software giant once and for all, and the televised drama of a smooth talking lawyer, facing off against a geeky billionaire leaves nation riveted. The court has the atmosphere of a huge sporting event. Dozens of reporters are covering the trial, its page news and often the lead story on broadcast tv news chasms some

people, higher line sitters people to wait overnight outside the courthouse to hold a spot in the hopes of getting into the court room to witness all this in person. While gates was forced to answer questions in his deposition, he refuses to this stand. The government gets round gates's refusal by showing video tape of his lengthy one thousand nine hundred and ninety eight deposition in the courtroom. He is obstinate. Owners, laughter and harassment of disbelief from the gallery, the tv audience is having it up the juciest so, the back and forth between gates in boys. In the tape deposition, boys is confident he's got the hard evidence to nail gates. He shows it's an email that a Microsoft executive sent him back in nineteen. Ninety seven, it saddens right for that says

We need to continue our jihad next year as the wait and see that now I see it doesn't say Microsoft well, when it says we you understand, that means something other than Microsoft, Sir. It can mean Brad chases grow Aids is parsing words here and looking to shift the blame Brad Chase. Microsoft. Vice president overseas, the launch of both windows. Ninety five and internet explorer boy moves onto the flash is part of the email. You know what he means by Jihad had think his report to our cigarettes, efforts to make a superior product into.

Market. That product gates seems to have an explanation for everything, but his purse nicotine's isn't currying favour, as the trial applauds on Microsoft. Executives are forced to take stand. They admit they tried to out compete Netscape, but they paint the company she is run of the mill any company tries to best competitors afterall. Unfortunately, the software giant. There's an extensive paper trail and boy. These plans to follow it as far as he can. An email, a Microsoft exec sent in December nineteen? Ninety six practically spells out the? companies plan to bundle internet explorer and windows to beat Netscape and assist district attorney rigid aloud. I do not Leave we can win on our current path, even if get internet explorer totally competitive with navigator. Why would we be chosen? They have. Percent of the market share

like an is. We have to leverage windows more, we need something more windows. Integration pretty well sums up what boys is trying to demonstrate the only way that Microsoft could win the browser war is to cheat and winds Is there a atomic bomb of choice and then more turns up the heat even more by calling on Netscape CEO, Jim Bark to set the record straight. With his Louisiana draw these already a far more charming witness thing gates. Markdale puts the blame for Netscape's demand. Squarely on Microsoft. It might sorry did not engaged in its anti competitive practices. It is my belief, and was speculation and Netscape that Netscape would have been able to continue on its mid ninety ninety six trajectory that would means spirit growth instead, Netscape cratered

Microsoft. Lawyers strike back my Shops led lawyer, John Warden, a partner with the prestigious white collar law. Firm, celebrating Cromwell tries to paint barks day as a sore loser. So one hundred percent Labour Netscape's demise is on Microsoft. There were no other factors, ward has a few other aces up his sleeve, too produces one I'm Netscape's strategy documents. Titled project rocket launch plan warden is interested in one line from the memo, in particular d J and court actions create opportunity for Netscape. He intends to prove that Netscape hoped legal troubles would be Microsoft, downfall, warden approaches, barks, Dale and the witness stand. Is this in your mind, a key opportunity for net scapes business, not a key one,

This suit is a way of protecting an opportunity to keep the playing field open for internet software. Markdale is more forthright in at ease on the stand and gates was in his deposition. He's oppress, darling and gates is the villain The press gets surprisingly good access and the trial judge. Action not only allows them to film in the courtroom he's open to talking about the trial himself. To give in site into his decision making process. Jackson grew it's a series of interviews to the new Yorker and the New York Times throughout the proceedings. Journalists come to speak with a judge in his chambers, in between courts sessions, getting updates, his views of the various players. The New York influential media reporter cannot letter has his teeth. Rapporteur out and sits on the edge of his seat once and

Lifetime trials with huge stakes don't come around very often, and all letter is a constant presence in the courtroom across from him. Judge Jackson relaxes back into his reflected mode. It's him wouldn't in this case that the public understand how the judges mind was made up so that when I make my decision in the end They know where it came from or let a nods. He know he's getting good material for his story materials aren't yet public Can you hold them off the record until a final decision is made of cars on November fifth, nineteen, ninety nine a year and a half after the government, bile suit, Judge Jackson issues. His findings Microsoft, dominance in the personal computer operating systems market does com two to two monopoly he says, Microsoft, acted to crush any threats to that monopoly.

Action reads: allowed his decision, Michael soft decision to tie internet explorer to windows, truly be explained as an attempt to benefit consumers and improve the efficiency of the software market generally, rather as a part of a larger campaign to quash innovation that threatened its monopoly position. Microsoft placed in it if on the scale of competitive fortune, thereby effect only guaranteeing its continued dominance, even Jackson issues. The ruling after the stock markets have closed. Investors anticipate the news Microsoft stock falls. Fourteen percent JANET Reno, the attorney general, who brought the charges against Microsoft is please with a usually awkward in manner and sometimes blunt to a fault. She can barely contain her glee at a press conference she gives after the ruling is come down.

This is a great day for american consumers. We are so pleased with the court's findings. Were they fully support that Parliament's view, that this case is about protection of innovation competition. And the consumer's right to choose the products they want in the coming months who followed the trial closest reporters. Lawyers heck impresarios. Will invariably conclude that Microsoft never took the case seriously. They not settle outside of court early when they had the chance, nor did they prepare gates for his deposition. The company fail that each turned to apply shape the gravity of the situation they pay for their Blasi attitude by LAW in the case bill gates, swaps out of the court room after the decision has been rendered and his power dawn by a scrap of reporters jostling for his reaction. What today's vote,

What's gonna happen to Microsoft, we we have a strong case on appeal gates. Heads to his own nearby press conference. To give his spin on the work you have. We understand that MR boys made it clear in the negotiations leading up to the case. He is really out to destroy Microsoft. On June seventh, two thousand the court orders a break up Microsoft, the company will have to split into two separate unit, one will produce the operating system and the other will produce software components. Micro after appeals and the four separation is temporarily put on ice, but soon another unexpected opportunity. Arises for Microsoft. With the trial over the embargo, is also over for the journalists who spoke to judge Jackson throughout the ordeal

One by one stories hid the front page of newspapers and new sites. Full of brash quotes from Judge Jackson, lambasting Microsoft than you Workers cannot letter is particularly pleased with how history turned in his story. Jackson. Compare Microsoft insistence on their innocence to the prom. Stations of quote gang land killers, the best remedy for the cup Jackson tells or let it would act really be for bill gates to write a book report. What on the of Napoleon The new issue of the new Yorker has just hit new stand back at Microsoft, headquarters the gates. Minions sheepishly leaves a copy of the magazine on his desk. In the middle of a meeting with his team, he decides he has to read it He scans the story quickly for Jackson's quotes, landing on the Napoleon Section just list

into this, because I, think he has a polio complex of himself and his company and arrogant that derives from power and unalloyed success. No leavening hard experience, no reverses. This outrageous The team murmurs in assent is gates thunders on. And listen to what he says about boys He says he's never seen a lawyer as great as boys in court. He calls boys examinations of our witnesses. Gems jams. Do you believe it gate? Slams the magazine into a trash can speed dials his lawyers. He can't stand outright criticism, but but maybe maybe I can be used in Microsoft, favor Jackson's denunciations sold a lot of papers in magazines, making a big splash but they'll come back to haunt us.

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me of lawyers is far from calling it quits. Its appeal is now under consideration by a federal appeals court, seven appeal Court judges host the next round of the trial in question, both sides harshly, but ominous of all for the governments case. Is this: the appeals court judges do not like seeing Jackson's jabbering throughout the trial, David Title State it plainly I don't see how you can get around the fact that the words he chose did convey to the average person bias Most damning of all is chief judge. Harry Edwards assessment. There are some who would say that it violates the whole oath of office, system would be a sham of all. Judges went around doing this. The public has something at stake here. The integrity of the system. Jackson

whose court room is for floors below is not present here clients to comment June two thousand and one the seven, judges rule that Judge Jackson was so biased. He must be refused from the case in their decision. The judges right we hope that the actions of the trial judge seriously tainted the proceedings before the district court and called into question. The integrity of the judicial process settlement talks, Between Microsoft and the Department of Justice restart with that J now under a more business, friendly republican administration. By now, two thousand to the department he's too a settlement more agreeable to Microsoft than breaking up the company under the settlement, Microsoft can, force computer manufacturers to carry Microsoft products and

They must share information about their code with other software developers that depend on windows software there far from the case, with their reputation damaged but fully functioning. So Microsoft loses the case, but only technically in reality. It with other than millions of dollars and legal bills. Microsoft continues with business. As usual, the upshot Microsoft stays whole way, gates takes the stand and a final appeals hearing. He pontificate so on. The speed at which the Tec World experiences upheaval. Ten years is a very long time in the software industry ten years ago, Windows was just beginning to become broadly successful. Tenure. Before that the pc industry barely existed, give

the constantly accelerating pace of innovation. I expect we will see more changes in the computing landscape in the next ten years, then in any prior ten year period he's right. Those changes are coming and fast Microsoft is no longer a dominant force in web. Browsing. Google chrome holds those honours, sixty three percent of the market, but Microsoft, still reigns supreme on personal computers and corporate networks. Nevertheless, anew out of online companies has been rising up Guph and Amazon or on the new facebook is not far off and Apple is the most successful of all still Microsoft it is never stop shrugging along and today is most valuable company in the world, after passing apple in November of twenty eighteen. The principles First browser wars go on

become major figures in Silicon Valley and american business generally mark andriessen. But with with a brilliantly simple idea to make the world wide web and nice place to spend time. Heads up major venture capital for D plays Kingmaker in the industry and later sits on the board of Facebook He got his revenge on those who he believed stole mosaic from him. And remains a major player in the computer business. Jim Clark, the co founders that's gape with andriessen becomes in. In web indeed, and helps to found and fund other digital ventures as well, He never has a success like he had with debts gape, but then again and successes like that, don't come, but once in a lifetime anyway, he too got his revenge Eric by now decode the original mosaic which kicked off the entire browser wars. Never

get says sucked into the machinery of Silicon Valley is andriessen He now lives in Illinois with his family Paul, Alan retired, from Microsoft, thanks to a bout of Hodgkin's lymphoma in the mid eighties but maintained his shares in the company when micro Oft later goes public, he becomes a billionaire, a major philanthropists and investor. He also becomes. A public figure in the Pacific Northwest thanks to a sports team ownership. He purchases, Portland, trailblazers of the NBA and nineteen eighty eight and the sea I Seahawks of the NFL eight years later, but ever beaches cancer and dies In twenty eighteen at the age of sixty five and bill gates, bill gates becomes the world's richest man for a time before being eclipsed by another tech, gazillion air Jeff Basis,

He remains involved with Microsoft, a company with more staying power than many of the software, and especially online brethren, wild Michael, sought loses some ground in the arts. Why? Twenty eighteen Its stocks are back at record, highs its products as popular as ever gates, transitions in the arts, out of being the company's primary decision maker and by twenty fourteen is no law. Where the majority stockholder he visits in dead toward large scale philanthropy, along with his wife, together use the bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to donate heavily to agricultural research, to battle hunger and promote global health. Netscape we'll Netscape, is now just a historical footnote in the archives of the many companies come and gone that shape the digital world and made it what it is today, but it a major one. The spark that lit the web of flame and reasons vision that people would

get to see the internet is something fun: Exe, Simple and customizable has come true and then some. Today. There are literally billions of websites and the web is ubiquitous. The connect the fabric of modern life for better man. For worse. In May one thousand. Ninety five before Microsoft had significantly invested in the internet, send a memo to his staff. In it he wrote the internet the most important single development to come along since the IBM pc was introduced in nineteen eighty one, the internet is a tidal wave. It changes the rules. It is. An incredible opportunity. As well as an incredible challenge. Scape surf that tidal wave then drowned when the waves came crashing down where, I'll still, writing in its wake.

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