By Sally Watson, 17 February 1999 16:54
NEWS Microsoft vice president, Brad Chase has admitted he testified incorrectly during the software giant's anti-trust trial last week. Chase presented the court with videotaped evidence which showed how easy it was for an AOL user to change their default browser from Internet Explorer (IE) to Netscape Navigator. But under cross-examination Chase was forced to admit the video omitted more than a dozen steps of the installation process. Chase also claimed last week that Navigator's icon would appear on the desktop once the installation was complete. But a video produced by Department of Justice (DoJ) attorney, David Boies, containing a film of the full set up process showed no icon appeared. Chase told the court: "I was incorrect. I apologise for that." This is not the first time DoJ lawyers have been able to pick holes in Microsoft's defence. Only last week James Allchin, another senior vice president, was confronted with an email in which he claimed IE didn't have to be fully integrated into Windows - it could just be plugged in. "This is just wrong. What I wrote here is wrong," Allchin was forced to admit. Microsoft will hope for an easier day in court tomorrow when John Rose, senior vice president of PC manufacturer Compaq, will testify that the company has made computers easier to use, more reliable and cheaper to buy.
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