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Yes. Just reading the snippet you included, I'm on Bill's side here. "Concerned" can mean all sorts of things! If he answers "Netscape Navigator", then the Boi
by function_seven 6y ago
Yes. Just reading the snippet you included, I'm on Bill's side here. "Concerned" can mean all sorts of things!
If he answers "Netscape Navigator", then the Boies will continue on with the meaning that Gates was viewing them as a competitive threat.
If he answers "None", then Boies can go down the path of Microsoft not giving a damn about interoperability with 3rd-party software.
- andi999 6y agoExactly. If he would have questioned the word 'browser' then he would have played games.
- bawolff 6y agoI watched a bit of the deposition online - they do actually discuss the definition of web browser for a bit (and reasonably so, it is the primary thing this is about)
- Beldin 6y agoFrankly, he should have immediately replied "Internet Explorer". Because that's the browser his company makes, so, amongst browsers, that should have been his main concern. No need for wordplay, no looking at competition. Just the concern you'd expect from the CEO: a focus on their own product.
- function_seven 6y agoThe question was phrased to avoid that response: > Boies: What non-Microsoft browsers were you concerned about in January of 1996?
- Beldin 6y agoMy bad, I stand corrected.
- antaviana 6y agoThe question was specifically about non-Microsoft browsers.