A Microsoft rebuttal but nothing to rebut
Article Abstract:
Microsoft, in anticipation of Government antitrust trial strategy, invited reporters to view a prepared videotape defending the company against potential sabotage charges from Apple. The advance rebuttal move became a moot point when the Justice Department avoided referring to a Government videotape recorded by Apple Senior Vice Pres Avadis Tevanian Jr. Questions arose when Tevanian testified in early Nov 1998 that he had prepared a videotape demonstrating how Microsoft allegedly undermined Apple's Quicktime multimedia player. The Microsoft videotape contended that Apple's faulty installation program prevented interconnection between Quicktime and Microsoft's Windows. Microsoft added that its engineers corrected the problem in two days and posted a program fix today on the Microsoft developers' Web site. The Government instead introduced E-mail messages and memos to support its claim that Microsoft attempted to bully Apple into using Microsoft's Internet Explorer as the default Web browser software.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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Apple executive testifies of threats and bullying by Microsoft
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Government witness and Apple executive Avadis Tevanian Jr. charges Microsoft with attempting to force Apple into selecting Microsoft's Internet Explorer as its default Web browser over Netscape's rival product. Tevanian's written testimony recounts how Microsoft executives allegedly threatened in mid-May 1997 to halt support of the Macintosh versions of programs such as Microsoft's Word word processing software and Microsoft's Excel spread sheet software, unless Apple cooperated. The Apple Senior Vice Pres also accuses Microsoft of sabotaging its Windows OS to prevent compatibility with Apple's Quicktime multimedia software in many cases, after Apple had rejected Microsoft's pressure to abandon the multimedia software market. Quicktime has emerged as a de facto standard for playing audio, video and animated graphics files. Tevanian's testimony resembles that of America Online Senior Vice Pres David M. Colburn and Netscape Chmn James Barksdale, who earlier testified on Microsoft tactics.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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