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Dallas Morning News: Gates says U.S. out to destroy Microsoft

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 10, 1998

“Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates accused the government of
trying to destroy the company he founded by pursuing an antitrust
lawsuit solely to promote the interest of the software company’s
rivals.”

“He is out to take all the work we have done and make us look
very bad.”

Bill Gates affirms that all of his answers to the questions he
has been asked have been legally accurate:

“‘I answered truthfully every single question that was put
forward to me,’ Mr. Gates said.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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