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Seattle Times: The Microsoft files: shifting alliances, cutthroat deals

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 30, 1999

Thanks to Johan for
this link.

“Finally, it was Netscape Communications technical guru Marc
Andreessen’s turn to tell, under oath, his version of a fateful
June 21, 1995, meeting with Microsoft.”

“… Welcome to the U.S. computer industry, where innocuous
meetings quickly turn ominous, where offers of business deals are
seen as thinly veiled threats, and where close partners can
transform into bitter competitors over the course of a telephone
call.

“… That’s the picture revealed in more than 10,000 pages of
depositions and documents released this week in the government’s
antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, forcing into the public eye
some of the inner workings of the multibillion-dollar
industry…”


Complete story
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Web Webster

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