MS ANTITRUST - Plaintiffs: Microsoft violated decree

19.01.2007

Exhibits already available at the site, which was put up by the plaintiffs suing Microsoft, have been dramatic. They include the of a 1996 speech by a then-Microsoft tech evangelist who referred to independent software developers writing for Windows and the company's other software platforms as "" and compared wooing them to persuading someone to have a one-night stand. The tech evangelist has since .

There is also a copy of the written by then-Windows development chief James Allchin to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Chairman Bill Gates, complaining that Microsoft had "" of customers' needs and that he would buy a Mac if he wasn't working for Microsoft.

A Microsoft spokesman said it was unlikely the new documents would be as striking as the already-available exhibits.

"Most if not all of those documents have been produced in prior cases," he said.