Chapter 592: Angry Bill
On April 12, the court officially opened at 9 o'clock, and after half an hour of statements by the plaintiff and the defendant, there was still nothing new.
Netscape sues Microsoft for a monopoly.
And Microsoft says they're not a monopoly.
On both sides, you say and I argue, and there is no difference between victory and defeat.
Many media immediately issued news to the outside world, saying that after this trial, there may not be any results.
However, just as Microsoft was about to adjourn the court, Netscape suddenly said.
"Judge Derek, I would like to invite my witnesses to enter. â
"Witnesses?"
Among the surrounding juries, Li Feiteng's face showed a smile, and he looked at some Microsoft people around him, and all of them showed cautious expressions on their faces.
Since the beginning of anti-monopoly, both sides have only collected evidence, and no witnesses have ever appeared.
This time, Netscape actually has witnesses, which is incredible.
The media are excited, the witnesses are the news buyers in this trial, and there may really be a result this time.
In terms of netscape, a middle-aged man in a suit was immediately invited, he was wearing glasses and looked very mature and stable.
Immediately, someone recognized this as Alder, the vice president of IBM.
"Alder!"
"Oh my God, how can an IBM be a witness?"
What's going on, IBM, which has always been close to Microsoft, could appear as a witness for Netscape?
The media were crazy, and the cameras clicked and snapped, and they knew that this trial was really different.
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When Google News announced the progress of the trial for the first time. This shocking news. Instantly made the world boil!
This moment. The world is shocked!
Countless people who have seen Google News can't believe it.
Everyone knows about the partnership between IBM and Microsoft, how can IBM testify to Netscape?
This is also incredible!
Some people suspect that this is fake news and a fallacy to confuse the public.
However, as the trial progressed, when Dell, HP, and Combo PC manufacturers all stood up to testify for Netscape, the world was shocked again!
This time. No one doubts that the news is fake, and they sense that Microsoft is really going to lose the lawsuit, and may accept the second giant company after IBM to monopolize the huge fines.
At the trial, several major PC manufacturers have come up with the agreement signed by Microsoft and them, the content of the agreement said that in the sale of the plague death 98 system, Microsoft requires that the system must be bound to IE browser, if not, Microsoft will refuse to sell the XP system to them.
Besides. Various contracts, e-mail exchanges. The testimony of the letters was presented to the judge one by one.
At this time, the courtroom was full of drama.
Not only were the jury viewers dumbfounded, but Microsoft also couldn't understand why the partners suddenly turned back, which caught them off guard and couldn't find a reasonable explanation. Microsoft can't explain either, because the testimony of PC manufacturers means that Microsoft's monopoly is confirmed.
As a last resort, Microsoft had no choice but to apply to the judge again for an adjournment. However, this time, the judge did not accede to their request, but only announced a two-hour adjournment at noon, and continued to hear the case in the afternoon, and to discuss with the jury, if Microsoft could not give a reasonable explanation, they would make a trial result for Microsoft's monopolistic behavior in the near future.
That's right, the court doesn't want to give Microsoft another chance to drag on, this time the catastrophe, Microsoft came out to disappoint the public, the security process of the system's software is obviously not as good as the third-party software products, even if it is not Microsoft's main responsibility, but it has a great relationship with Microsoft.
This time, many people have made new predictions about Microsoft's antitrust case.
Before that, Microsoft's drag tactics made many people not believe that Netscape could win the lawsuit, but with today's PC manufacturers testifying in court, they predicted that Microsoft might be fined a huge amount.
But is this really the case? If the matter is over after paying the money, how could Li Feiteng appear on the jury?
If he saves zĂ i, it means that Microsoft will be punished more severely!
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"Gerstner, are you crazy?"
When the court was adjourned at noon, Bill Gates received an urgent call from the court, and he was shocked to know that the PC manufacturers were backing him, and he couldn't believe it was true.
Bill Gates was also going to appear in court this time, but because he was too busy, and the previous few times he was dragged over without danger, he didn't pay much attention to it, who knew that the case would develop into the current situation.
He had a premonition of some crises, and he felt the shadow of Huaxia Li Feiteng behind him.
"Hehe, Bill Gates, don't you still want to admit it?" Gerstner sneered, he doesn't believe in Microsoft at all now, this Bill Gates's ambition is too big, let Microsoft up, more terrible than competitors such as Dell and HP.
"Admit what?" Bill Gates wondered, did he want to admit that he had a monopoly? What are you kidding.
"Did Netscape give you any favor, Gerstner, why did you break our agreement!" Bill asked angrily.
Guo Sner sneered and said: "We violated the agreement, you are the one who violates the agreement first!"
"Me?" Bill Gates didn't understand.
"Do you want me to be more clear? You Microsoft have purchased a large number of PC computer parts from Fujitsu, with the intention of entering PC computers!" Guo Shi said grimly.
"You investigate me!" said Bill Gates angrily.
"Without looking into it, I'd love to know what Microsoft wants these parts for?"
"This ......"
Bill was speechless, he wanted these parts, not actually to get into the PC, but to develop a better tablet.
But in fact, Microsoft will definitely enter the field of PC computers, notebooks, tablets, and all-in-one computers will be computer products that Microsoft values very much, which is not too different from desktop computers.
The current tablet has been born, and the inventor is not Apple, but Fujitsu developed it first, but the current tablet is certainly not as thin as the tablet ten years later, so delicate, and it is a very heavy thing.
Bill thought for a moment and said, "All I can say is ...... Trade Secrets. â
Gerstner sneered: "It's a good trade secret, you Microsoft will continue to protect the secret, we just did what we should do." â
"Wait. â
Bill Gates wanted to say something, but he heard the phone beep and hang up, and the other party had hung up.
"Falk Squid!" Bill was furious, he really convinced these PC manufacturers, could it be that if Microsoft lost the lawsuit, they would get more benefits?
Don't you know that Microsoft is willing to give them more benefits for the sake ......of monopoly?