By Suzanna Kerridge, 17 November 1998 17:39
NEWS Microsoft's anti-trust trial took a bizarre twist yesterday as Bill Gates' video testimony reduced the judge to laughter. The software billionaire was shown side-stepping questions and quibbling over meanings when asked about the details of an email sent in 1996. US reports claim Gates reduced the proceedings to an argument over the definitions of 'concern', 'compete' and 'we'. When US Department of Justice prosecutors asked him: "What non-Microsoft browsers were you concerned about in January 1996?", Gates replied: "I don't know what you mean by 'concerned'." When pressed about the importance of market share, Gates queried the meaning of 'market share'. Judge Jackson was seen shaking his head in disbelief as Gates took almost a minute to consider one of his answers and repeatedly refused to admit Netscape was a rival he wanted to beat.
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