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Key Justice Witnesses...
SCOTT VESEY at Boeing (BA) may testify about how Microsoft pressured the company to abandon Lotus' E-mail software, even after it had scored highest in the aircraft maker's technical evaluations. STEVEN McGEADY, a vice-president at Intel (INTC), will likely be asked about a meeting in which Bill Gates pressured Intel to cease certain software development projects and withhold support for Sun's Java. JAMES BARKSDALE, president of Netscape (NSCP), will be asked about a 1995 meeting where Microsoft allegedly tried to persuade Netscape to leave the Windows browser market to Microsoft.
...And Conspicuous OmissionsPC MAKERS Despite extensive efforts to investigate dealings between Microsoft and PC makers, Justice has not called any to testify. A witness from IBM (IBM), John Soiring, does not work for its PC division. Instead, he is expected to testify about competing with Microsoft in operating systems. APPLE COMPUTER Papers filed by Justice cite Microsoft's dealings with Apple (AAPL) as key evidence of its attempts to stifle competition from Netscape's browser and Sun Microsystem's (SUNW) Java. BILL GATES is at the center of Justice's allegations. But beyond his depositions, neither side is expected to call him as a witness.
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