trust us. we re doing what we re doing for the consumer. the deposition made him and the company look like they were not trustworthy. because this deposition and the nippettes of it that played out day after day on national television, it was an incredibly precipitous decline in how most people viewed bill gates. he was an environment that unlike almost every other environment in which he operates he did not control. no witness controls a deposition. no matter how rich, no matter how powerful. every witness has to sit there and answer questions. in words surprisingly blunt, judge thomas penfield jackson declared microsoft a monopoly. lawyers from the justice department in the 19 states that sued microsoft immediately claimed victory. microsoft is a mon op lift and it engages in massive anti-competitive practices. it drove bill gates crazy that the government was
television, it was an incredibly precipitous decline in how most people viewed bill gates. he was an environment that, unlike almost every other environment in which he operates, he did not control. no witness controls a deposition. no matter how rich, no matter how powerful. every witness has to sit there and answer questions. in words surprisingly blunt, judge thomas penfield jackson declared microsoft a monopoly. lawyers from the justice department in the 19 states that sued microsoft immediately claimed victory. microsoft is a mon op lift and it engages in massive anti-competitive practices. it drove bill gates crazy that the government was portraying him as some kind of evil force. was he ruthless as a businessman? yes. did he see himself as a ruthless businessman? no. he saw himself as someone who was advancing the common good.