__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Monday 30 April 2007 18:29 \__
> 'Q: A few years ago, the Justice Department investigated Microsoft and
> charged it with anti-competitive practices. Now, you're asking the
> Justice Department to look at Google's deal to pay $3.1 billion for
> Internet ad company DoubleClick. Do you see at least a little bit of
> irony here?'
>
> 'A: .. I do think that it would be worth the regulators taking the time
> to understand this market ..'
>
> 'Q: .. you let Google outbid you'
>
> 'A: No, no. You don't know that. You know that they signed a definitive
> agreement .. That's the only factoid I'll confirm, what you know ...'
>
> http://snipurl.com/1isvr
>
http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2007-04-29-ballmer-ceo-forum-usat_N.htm
>
>
> factoid.SHUFFLE: pretending to not understand the question,
> misunderstand the meaning of words and answering the question that
> wasn't asked.
>
> See also FunkenSHUFFLE
At least he gives /some/ answer, pretending to have understood /some/
question.
http://tinyurl.com/yoocvg
Gates deposition videos
,----[ Quote ]
| Boies: Do you remember that in January, 1996, a lot of OEMs were
| bundling non-Microsoft browsers?
|
| Gates: I'm not sure.
|
| Boies: What were the non-Microsoft browsers that you were
| concerned about in January of 1996?
|
| Gates: What's the question? You're trying to get me to recall
| what other browsers I was thinking about when I wrote that sentence?
|
| Boies: No, because you've told me that you don't know what you
| were thinking about when you wrote that sentence.
|
| Gates: Right.
|
| Boies: What I'm trying to do is get you to tell me what
| non-Microsoft browsers you were concerned about in January of
| 1996. If it had been only one, I probably would have used the
| name of it. Instead I seem to be using the term non-Microsoft
| browsers. My question is what non-Microsoft browsers were you
| concerned about in January of 1996?
|
| Gates: I'm sure -- what's the question? Is it -- are you asking
| me about when I wrote this e-mail or what are you asking me about?
|
| Boies: I'm asking you about January of 1996.
|
| Gates: That month?
|
| Boies: Yes, sir.
|
| Gates: And what about it?
|
| Boies: What non-Microsoft browsers were you concerned about in
| January of 1996?
|
| Gates: I don't know what you mean "concerned."
|
| Boies: What is it about the word "concerned" that you don't
| understand?
|
| Gates: I'm not sure what you mean by it.
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http://wincent.com/a/about/wincent/weblog/archives/2007/02/gates_depositio.php
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