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Government lawyers played portions of a...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eEnglish/Nat\u003cbr/\u003eThe testimopny of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates took centre stage at his company's antitrust trial Monday, as he appeared on TV and computer screens throughout a federal courtroom.  \u003cbr/\u003eGovernment lawyers played portions of a videotaped deposition by Gates, taken last summer, as they tried to prove his company had illegally wielded its influence to stifle competition.\u003cbr/\u003e In particular, the government focused on the role Gates played in securing a surprise August 1997 deal with arch-rival Apple Computer, and on a disputed meeting two years earlier between Microsoft and Netscape.\u003cbr/\u003eAttorneys for both sides arrived at the Federal Courthouse in Washington to hear testimony from the Chairman of Microsoft Bill Gates. \u003cbr/\u003eBut the key figure in the case has still to appear in person. \u003cbr/\u003eThe world's richest man appeared only on video tape, as prosecutors played taped testimony in an effort to prove that Microsoft was using it's leverage in software and operating systems to squash any competition\u003cbr/\u003eThey alleged that Microsoft threatened to cancel a \"Macintosh\" version of its Office 97 suite in an effort to force Apple Computers to drop a rival Internet browser.  \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English):\u003cbr/\u003e\"The threat to cancel Mac Office 97 is certainly the strongest margining point we have, as doing so will do a great deal of harm to Apple immediately. I believe that Apple is taking the threat seriously\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Government Attorney David Boies\u003cbr/\u003eGovernment proesecutors say Microsoft so feared a competing operating system by Sun Microsystems called Java that it used the threat to force Apple Computer to help it kill Java\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English):\u003cbr/\u003eQuote\" Do we have a clear plan on what  :we want Apple to do to undermine Sun\"..\u003cbr/\u003e\" Would it be consistent with the way that you felt about Java for you  to have told people that you wanted to undermine Sun. Did you send this E-mail on or about August 8 , 1997\u003cbr/\u003eGovernment Attorney Boies\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English):\u003cbr/\u003e\" I don't remember sending it\"\u003cbr/\u003eBill Gates: Chairman Microsoft Corporation\u003cbr/\u003eDuring the testimony the world's richest man obviously didn' t feel very comfortable.\u003cbr/\u003eGovernment attorneys frequently accused him, on the videotape, of failing to directly answer.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English):\u003cbr/\u003e \" Would it be consistent with the way you felt about Java for you to have told people that you wanted to undermine Sun\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"Did you have discussions with Apple in which you were trying to get Apple to agree to undermine Sun\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: Government Attorney Boies\u003cbr/\u003eAdditionally , Microsoft is charged with illegally offering to divide the internet browser market with arch-rival Netscape - a charge the company denies. \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English):\u003cbr/\u003e\" Are you aware of any instances in which representatives of Microsoft have met with competitors in an attempt to allocate markets\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: Government Attorney Boies\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English):\u003cbr/\u003e\"I'.m not aware of any such thing . And I know it's very much against the way we operate\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION : Bill Gates \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English):\u003cbr/\u003e\" It would be against company Policy to do that ?\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: Government Attorney Boies\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English):\u003cbr/\u003e\" That's right\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION : Bill Gates\u003cbr/\u003eOutside both sides pleaded their cases to the public.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English): \u003cbr/\u003e\"Fundamentally the issue in this case is , What did Microsoft do and What was Microsoft's intent? What the chief executive officer of a corporation says is obviously relevant to these issues. And one of the things that will have to be evaluated is to what extent do you except his justification for what he has done - to what extent do you except the explanation or to what extent you don't\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION : Government Attorney Boies\u003cbr/\u003eMicrosoft spokesman Murray scoffed at the government's argument that this was for the public good.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English):\u003cbr/\u003e\"This case was not brought to benefit consumers.This case was brought to benefit a handful of Microsoft's competitors. The Government has not shown and cannot show any consumer harm\".\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: Microsoft spokesman Mark  Murray\u003cbr/\u003eGates, whose wildly successful Windows operating system has made him the richest man in the world, is renowned for his aggressive business techniques.\u003cbr/\u003eWashington DC, U-S 3rd November 1998\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of Lawyers arrivals\u003cbr/\u003e2. Various of Gates Deposition\u003cbr/\u003e3. Still of Microsoft e-mail\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (English) Government Attorney David Boies\u003cbr/\u003e5. Stills of Microsoft e-mail\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE(English) David Boies\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (English) Bills Gates, Microsoft C.E.O.\u003cbr/\u003e8. Still of E Mail\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English)  David Boies\u003cbr/\u003e10. Still of E- Mail\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English)  David Boies\u003cbr/\u003e12 .SOUNDBITE (English) Bills Gates, Microsoft C.E.O.\u003cbr/\u003e13.  Wide outside Court  with Government Lawyers\u003cbr/\u003e14.  SOUNDBITE (English)  David Boies\u003cbr/\u003e15.  Wide  Microsoft Spokesman Mark Murray.\u003cbr/\u003e16 . SOUNDBITE (English)  Mark Murray,  Microsoft Spokesman\u003cbr/\u003e17.  Cutaway of reporters\u003cbr/\u003e18.  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