Bill Gates Deposition Videos Of 1998

In a rambling 50 minute segment pulled from Gates 3 day deposition, Gates engaged in a verbal duel with U.S. Justice Department attorney David Boies, splitting hairs over literal interpretations of emails, browsers, and memos and refusing to concede that Microsoft focused their efforts primarily on eliminating Netscape.

In 1998, the United States Department of Justice and 20 states filed a consolidated set of civil actions against Microsoft. A case now known as United States v. Microsoft.

It was alleged that Microsoft held a monopoly in the personal computer sector, and that it was abused by Microsoft bundling their operating system, Microsoft Windows, and their web browser Internet Explorer. It was alleged that because of this bundling, rival browsers Netscape and Opera were muscled out of the “Browser Wars.”

The federal judge presiding over Microsofts antitrust trial shook his head and laughed during portions of Bill Gates denying that his company targeted a jihad against the Internet browser of rival Netscape Communications. Enjoy the videos: