All, - "Ellison, Papows, Kertzman may testify at Microsoft hearing"
infoworld.com
By Nancy Weil
InfoWorld Electric
Posted at 5:55 PM PT, Jul 20, 1998
IT executives from three top companies may be called to testify Thursday before the
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee as it launches its second hearing into Microsoft's
alleged anti-competitive business practices.
Larry Ellison, Oracle chairman and CEO; Mitchell Kertzman, Sybase chairman and
CEO; and Jeff Papows, CEO of Lotus Development all are on the tentative list of
witnesses to be called when the hearing opens at 9:30 a.m. EDT.
Ellison will testify and will be available for a question-and-answer session after the
hearing, Oracle announced late today.
The committee hearing, dubbed "Competition in the Digital Age: Beyond the Browser
Wars," was called by Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican, who is chairman of the
committee. Hatch, who represents the home state of Novell, one of Microsoft's
archrivals, has been openly critical of the software giant's business practices.
Hatch has recently expressed fears that Microsoft is attempting to leverage its
dominance in the OS market into other areas, including the Internet.
Microsoft is accused of violating antitrust laws in a federal lawsuit filed by the U.S.
Department of Justice and 20 state attorneys general. Depositions are being taken from
witnesses in that case, which is scheduled for a September trial. |
