rudedog, I've never been deposed, but I understand the process well enough. "I can't recall" has always been a popular answer in the political equivalent, long before the current affair. Microsoft has every right to defend itself however it sees fit.
I rag on Bill because he's got such a long trail of public pronouncements on the matter behind him, and because Microsoft has always been so energetic in getting its defense of the moment out in public. Till a short while ago, it was always Bill in the lead with the story of the day.
So, Bill said he couldn't remember a thing. Deposition-dependent amnesia, fairly commonplace, I'll leave out the more inflammatory alternatives. That's fine, but the "could you remember all your email" line just doesn't wash. That would presume Bill wasn't in the middle of all this stuff, and didn't think it was very important. And that, in my opinion of course, flies in the face of common sense, not to mention previous versions of the official Microsoft PR story, like that giant Business Week article.
Just entertainment, rudedog. Having tangled far too much with the political dogs of war here, no way can I take this seriously. And it wouldn't be entertaining at all if Microsoft didn't have such a voluminous PR trail to contrast with the current line. Is the final Microsoft version of the infamous Netscape meeting going to be that they were set up?
Cheers, Dan.
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