Gates may testifty in Iowa case
p2pnet.net News:- Jurors in a Microsoft class-action anti-trust case have been warned they’ll hear, “unflattering things” about Microsoft and Bill Gates.
They were also told by a judge to accept as fact that a federal court found in 1999 that Microsoft holds a monopoly over computer operating systems that restricted computer manufacturers’ ability to use competing systems, says Associated Press.
Gates is expected to testify in the lawsuit, being heard in Polk County District Court, Iowa, and could last six months.
It claims Microsoft violated Iowa’s competition laws and seeks about $330 million for Iowans who have purchased the software maker’s products since 1994, says the story, going on:
“Plaintiffs’ attorney Roxanne Conlin must prove that Microsoft’s acts caused financial harm to Iowans who bought the computer software and if so, how much harm.
“She said she’ll show that the company used its monopoly power to exclude competition and control prices and that it conspired with other companies to restrain trade, maintaining what she called a chokehold on software competitors and computer manufacturers.”
She also said she’d say some unflattering things about Microsoft and Gates.
Microsoft attorney Rich Wallis said many of the allegations Conlin is making are 15-20 years old, says AP, and that the company is complying with all agreements it made with the government in the case.
Also See:
Associated Press – Jury hears lawsuit claiming Microsoft violated Iowa’s competition laws, December 1, 2006
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