CMPnet Webcasts Gates Senate Testimony
Business Wire - March 02, 1998 18:36
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MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 1998--CMPnet's TechWeb News (http://www.techweb.com) in partnership with Windows Magazine Online, will host a live webcast on Tuesday, March 3, featuring Bill Gates, Scott McNealy, Jim Barksdale and Michael Dell testifying on software competition before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C.
Visitors can see and hear for themselves what the CEOs tell the senators as CMPnet's Paul Schindler anchors live, gavel-to-gavel multimedia coverage of the Senate showdown -- presented in streaming audio. Schindler will be joined by Windows Magazine Senior Consulting Editor Fred Langa, and John Gartner, CMPnet's Managing Editor, Technology.
TechWeb's live webcast begins Tuesday, March 3, at 10:00 a.m. EST, and will continue throughout the entire testimony. Web listeners can tune in to techweb.com and listen in to the coverage with RealAudio. Video highlights from the Senate hearings will also be available to users with the NetShow player. Video is provided courtesy of CNBC/Dow Jones Business Video. TechWeb's audio coverage is hosted by AudioNet.
Webcast listeners can share their comments by sending e-mail to the CMPnet team at hearings@cmpnet.com. Selected e-mails will be read during the webcast and posted on the site.
"The appearance of the Microsoft chairman marks the first time the world's richest man has appeared before Congress," said Schindler. "Not since J.P. Morgan testified about the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission in the 1930's has a businessman of such prominence been asked to explain his business practices."
Tuesday's hearing is the culmination of a high-stakes tug of war between the U.S. Department of Justice and Microsoft -- a battle that has seen the technology industry's biggest players choosing up sides. TechWeb News has covered all the angles of this important story, from the first subpoena, to the federal court rulings, to Microsoft's last minute deal with Justice. A complete chronology and archive of TechWeb's coverage can be found at: techweb.com.
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