Microsoft: Call the next witness
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft on Friday released its witness list for the coming week, but it appears to lack the star power seen earlier in the courtroom. Testimony by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates dominated most of the sixth week in court during a proceeding that could eventually determine a remedy for the software giant's antitrust violations. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is still identified as a witness, but he is not on the schedule next week. The testimony is expected to go for at least two more weeks.
As the remedy proceeding begins to wind down, Howard University law professor Andy Gavil said to look for the states to begin prepping a modified remedy proposal for Kollar-Kotelly. "The danger for the states is for her to say the states offered up specific remedies and failed to support those remedies with evidence." In that case, she could dismiss the states' case, a scenario they would absolutely want to avoid, Gavil added.