[ale] [Fwd: [Am-info] Add witness tampering to the list]

[Geoffrey]

Caught a glimpse of AMD supporting M$ in their case against the standout 
states.  Go figure.  Then got this from another list...

http://news.findlaw.com/business/s/20020416/microsoftdc.html

Microsoft Witness Sought a Favor From Gates

By Peter Kaplan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp.'s <MSFT.O> first witness against
antitrust  sanctions sought by nine states admitted in court on Tuesday
that he asked for a favor when Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates called
seeking his testimony.

Jerry Sanders, chief executive of computer chip-maker Advanced Micro
Devices Inc.   <AMD.N>, also conceded he had not read the states'
proposed sanctions, but that Gates had  told him they were "crazy" and
would fragment the Windows operating system.

Howard Gutman, an attorney for the states, told U.S. District Judge
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly that Sanders asked for Microsoft to announce
support for its chip technology, code-named Hammer, ahead of a competing
product just being developed at rival Intel Corp. <INTC.O>

"Mr. Gates said he would talk to his people about that," Gutman said of
the Feb. 8 call by Gates to Sanders.


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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?


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