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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (21491)	11/16/1998 12:44:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) of 24154

Gates evasive about browser market zdnet.com Too bad we can't evade him right back, IE4 is yours whether you like it or not. This is another episode in the ongoing saga of Bill's deposition dependent amnesia. He can't remember a thing! Government attorney David Boies at one point asked Gates for his response to an e-mail message from Microsoft executive Paul Maritz stating that browser share was "the No. 1 goal." Gates said he had no idea if that was the case in 1996. "Did you ever tell Mr. Maritz that browser share was not the company's No 1 goal," Boise asked. Gates paused, and he waited nearly 50 seconds before answering. "No," he replied. Bill had to think long and deep about that one. Maybe he was having a premature senior moment. On to the exciting conclusion, for which I must salute Will Rodger in advance, so as to not step on his NYT-style closing irony. During the remainder of the tape, Gates took a belligerent, combative tone, bickering with Boies over meanings of words including "we," "competition" and "concerned." Much of the questioning bogged down over a Gates memo referring to the importance of gaining market share for IE. Gates said he had no idea which specific companies he had in mind when he wrote that memo. At the time, Netscape Communications Corp. had a market share in excess of 60 percent of the browser market. Cheers, Dan.

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