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[News] [Rival] New Book from Protester Against Microsoft's Abuses

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Herhold: Gary Reback's new book argues for antitrust action

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| When the full history of Silicon Valley is written, attorney Gary Reback will 
| occupy a spot halfway between a modern-day Tom Paine and Paul Revere. Nobody 
| was more responsible than the 59-year-old Tennessee native for the legal 
| assault on Microsoft a decade ago.   
| 
| [...]
| 
| Reback was there for almost all the key battles — defending Apple in its 
| fight with mail-order merchants; holding Borland's standard against Lotus 
| before the U.S. Supreme Court; persuading the government to question the 
| Microsoft-Intuit deal, and of course, persuading Justice Department officials 
| to sue Microsoft as a monopolist.    
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http://www.mercurynews.com/scottherhold/ci_11700122


Recent:

Ballmer ordered to testify in 'Vista' case

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| A federal judge ordered Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to testify in a
| class-action lawsuit revolving around Microsoft's marketing prior to the
| launch of its Windows Vista operating system.
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/155137.asp


Related:

Microfraud?

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| THE ALLEGATIONS WERE shocking: For years, Microsoft has systematically
| distorted its profit figures in an effort to consistently beat Wall Street
| expectations and keep its stock price steadily rising. The false reports
| would violate SEC regulations, and amount to outright fraud.
|
| More shocking was the source of the allegations: Microsoft's chief of
| internal audits, Charlie Pancerzewski, who reported directly to the company's
| chief financial officer.
|
| Most shocking of all was what happened to Pancerzewski when he reported the
| suspicious bookkeeping to his supervisors, Microsoft CFO Mike Brown and chief
| operating officer Bob Herbold, in the spring of 1995. Soon afterward,
| Pancerzewski—who for nearly five years had received stellar performance
| evaluations—received his first-ever unsatisfactory one, and was eventually
| forced to resign.
|
| Two months ago, Microsoft quietly settled a lawsuit containing these
| allegations, filed in 1997 by Pancerzewski under the Whistleblowers
| Protection Act. The auditor claimed he was wrongfully terminated after
| telling his supervisors that Microsoft might be breaking securities and tax
| laws. The lawsuit made its tortuous way through several rounds of pretrial
| motions until last fall, when US District Judge Carolyn Dimmick denied
| Microsoft's final plea for summary judgment, finding credible evidence that
| Microsoft may have violated SEC rules, as Pancerzewski alleged. Shortly
| thereafter, Microsoft and Pancerzewski settled out of court. Terms of the
| agreement were sealed, but one source who claims familiarity with the case
| says that Microsoft paid Pancerzewski $4 million.
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http://web.archive.org/web/20070308032343rn_2/www.seattleweekly.com/1999-01-06/news/microfraud.php
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