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Bill Gates - Microsoft Antitrust Deposition - Highlights

Name: Bill Gates - Microsoft Antitrust Deposition - Highlights
Description: A 39-minute highlights reel of Bill Gates being deposed by David Boies in the 1998 to 2001 United States v. Microsoft antitrust case.

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HN cites it as a view of Gates evading questions and sparring with a top lawyer.

A 39-minute highlights reel of Bill Gates being deposed by David Boies in the 1998 to 2001 United States v. Microsoft antitrust case.

“He just seems like a bit of a smug nerd who's clearly enjoying going toe-to-toe with one of the country's top lawyers.” (HN, 2022)

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@hammock Jan 2021 Recommends

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I don't expect you to change your mind because confirmation bias is a powerful force. I did see this video recently and found it interesting. Have you seen it? "Bill Gates - Microsoft Antitrust Deposition - Highlights" [this video]

Highlights of Gates' antitrust deposition

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@DavidSJ Sep 2020 Cites it

on HN thread Revisiting the spectacular failure that was the Bill Gates deposition

Q: Okay. Let me ask you to look at Trial Exhibit 560. This is a message from you to Mr. Ballmer and Mr. Chase with a copy to Mr. Maritz and some other people also given copies dated August 15, 1997 at 4:07 p.m. on the subject of IBM and Netscape; correct? A: Uh-huh Q: BY MR. BOIES: And you type in here Importance: High." A: No. Q: No? A: No, I didn't type that. Q: Who typed in "High"? A: A computer. Q: A computer. Why did the computer type in "High"? A: It's an attribute of the e-mail. Q: And who set the attribute of the e-mail? A: Usually the sender sends that attribute. Q: Who is the sender here, Mr. Gates? A: In this case it appears I'm the sender. [link] [this video]

Deposition excerpt of Gates evading questions about an email

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@q7xvh97o2pDhNrh Sep 2022 Cites it

on HN thread Google loses EU appeal and is fined a record $4B

I found a highlights video: [this video] (I see the full 11 hour deposition is also on YouTube, but I think I'll save that for another day.) So far, being 10 minutes in, I see a little bit of what you mean, but I haven't gotten to anything "unhinged" yet. He just seems like a bit of a smug nerd who's clearly enjoying going toe-to-toe with one of the country's top lawyers. Do you remember anything that jumped out for you from the deposition? I'd love to see more of what you're getting at.

Deposition highlights showing a smug nerd going toe-to-toe with a lawyer

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