Bill Gates - Microsoft Antitrust Deposition - Highlights
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN cites it as a view of Gates evading questions and sparring with a top lawyer.
What it is
A 39-minute highlights reel of Bill Gates being deposed by David Boies in the 1998 to 2001 United States v. Microsoft antitrust case.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2020 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Recommends hammock · 2021-01 · on “Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner”
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]
Cites DavidSJ · 2020-09 · on “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]
Cites q7xvh97o2pDhNrh · 2022-09 · on “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.