Browser Wars - Even When They Lose They Win | 6

Business Wars

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History, David Brown, Business, Management

4.6 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Microsoft has officially won the battle against Netscape, but for Bill Gates, the browser war is far from over. The federal government has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, and called Gates to Washington, D.C. for questioning.

Hotshot prosecutor David Boies aims to show that Microsoft used its monopoly on PC operating systems to drive Netscape out of business. The case has the potential to bring down the software giant once and for all. And the televised drama of a smooth-talking lawyer facing off against a geeky billionaire leaves the nation riveted.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to business wars, add free on Amazon music.
0:04.8	Download the app today.
0:14.4	November 1998, Washington, D.C.
0:18.2	Microsoft CEO Bill Gates looks ill at ease.
0:22.0	He's on screen, sitting in a leather office chair.
0:25.7	Spectators, reporters, government lawyers, and his own legal team have packed the courthouse
0:29.8	to watch him on video.
0:31.9	Every bench space is taken.
0:34.6	In the tape, Gates adjusts his orange-brown tie nervously.
0:39.6	He's about to face three days of questioning.
0:42.5	A tape deposition led by a legal mastermind from the private sector who's joined the
0:47.2	government's team.
0:48.6	The video is being replayed at trial as evidence.
0:52.6	Anything he says on the tape can and will be used against him and Microsoft.
0:58.4	Prosecutor David Boyes isn't going easy on him.
1:02.2	Gates rocks back and forth in his chair and takes long pauses before responding, sometimes
1:08.5	getting surly.
1:10.4	And that plays right into Boy's strategy.
1:14.4	What's the question?
1:18.2	You asked me about when I wrote this email or what do you ask me about?
1:23.4	I'm asking you about January of 1996.
1:27.3	That month?
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