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“The
record of internal communications provided an unprecedented glimpse
into the strategic debates and internal decision-making processes
of a company that had long restricted outside access to its insular
corporate culture. The leader of the emerging information age was
turned inside out by a powerful tool of that new age, electronic
mail.”
-- from Prologue: The E-mail Trail
Some of the key documents:
(Hint: read e-mail threads from the bottom!)
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The
February,
1999 exchange between Brad Silverberg and Ben Slivka, in
which Brad writes, “Hmmm, David Bank. He’s not exactly on my
Xmas card list right now.”
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f4700/gx40.pdf
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John
Ludwig reports on an August, 1997 executive
staff meeting in which Gates touches on Java and the Apple
deal. “conversations with billg last nite.”
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/exhibits/255.pdf
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A
member of Nathan Myhrvold’s team reports back on April, 1995 discussions
with Visa, Mastercard and Netscape. “We DID get the per transaction
deal we wanted,” she writes. “Re: stt/Netscape.”
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/exhibits/949.pdf
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Myhrvold
ghost writes an article for Gates in 1993. “Telling It Like It Is.”
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/exhibits/949.pdf
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Gates
worries about the imminent Internet tidal wave in a late-night message
to his technical team in April, 1995.
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/exhibits/17.pdf
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Gates
worries about the Java threat in September, 1996. “This scares
the hell out of me,” he writes. “Think Week (Long!).”
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/exhibits/983.pdf
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The
Internet team in 1995 previews nearly all of the tactics used
to catch Netscape in the browser war. “How
to get to 30% share in 12 months.”
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/exhibits/684.pdf
- Gates is surprisingly
candid in his keynote speech on Dec.
7, 1997 keynote speech outlining Microsoft’s new Internet strategy.
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/exhibits/502.pdf
- Silverberg’s deputy,
Brad Chase, lays out the rationale for the new
Internet Platform and Tools Division in February 1996. http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/exhibits/485.pdf
- Jim
Allchin complains to Maritz about the emphasis on browser
market share and urges a recommitment to Windows. “IE and Windows.”
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/exhibits/50.pdf
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In
March, 1997, Gates signals the beginning of the counter-reformation
against open Web standards. “HTML
Openness.” http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/exhibits/351.pdf
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Microsoft
executives discuss the problems coordinating the release
of Internet Explorer 4.0 with Windows 98, codenamed Memphis.
“Externally though we cannot discuss the possibility of shipping
Memphis without IE4,” writes Moshe Dunie.
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/exhibits/56.pdf
- Mike McCue of Netscape
complains about “Microsoft license agreement
restriction” in September, 1996.
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/exhibits/194.pdf
- Jim Allchin orders
Microsoft’s marketing of Internet Explorer be revised in February,
1998 to make clear the browser is simply part of Windows. “New
Org."
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Gates
insists that Microsoft use Windows 98 to promote its on-line
efforts, but his aides suggest any announcement be postponed
until after his appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
“Wind98 Schedule Update,”
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/exhibits/225.pdf
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More
information on Microsoft and its legal battles:
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The
Justice Department’s Antitrust Division main index on the Microsoft
case contains all of the exhibits entered into evidence
as well as the government’s legal filings.
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/ms_index.htm
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- Jackson’s
April 3, 2000 Conclusion
of Law and Order.
http://usvms.gpo.gov/conclusions_index.html
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Jackson’s
November, 1999 Findings
of Fact (Corrected and refiled Dec. 21, 1999).
http://usvms.gpo.gov/findings_index.html
- Microsoft’s archive
of corporate information and legal documents is at Microsoft
PressPass.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/default.asp
- Microsoft’s competitors
keep the heat on the company through ProComp:
The Project to Promote Competition in the Digital Age.
http://www.procompetition.org/index.html
- Microsoft and its
allies fight back through the Association for Competitive Technology.
http://www.actonline.org/default.asp
- ACT has a good archive
of transcripts
from the antitrust trial.
http://www.actonline.org/press_room/trial/default.asp
- ZDNet
maintains a good collection of the depositions
of witnesses in the case.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/special/msdojdepos/msdojdepos.html
- Harvard’s
Berkman Center has one of the best archives of trial news.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/msdoj/news.html#older
- A summary and archive
of the earlier case that led to the 1995 consent decree.
http://techlawjournal.com/courts/dojvmsft/Default.htm
- A summary and archive
of the main U.S.
v. Microsoft Corp. antitrust case.
http://techlawjournal.com/courts/dojvmsft2/Default.htm.
- Sun’s
site with information on its suit against Microsoft over Java.
http://java.sun.com/lawsuit/
- Another site with
a summary and archive
of the Java case.
http://techlawjournal.com/courts/sunwvmsft/Default.htm
- Microsoft’s internal
analysis of the threat from Linux (aka “The Halloween Documents).
http://www.opensource.org/halloween/
- A good place to start
to get information on Extensible Markup Language, or XML.
http://www.w3.org/XML/
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