Microsoft Exec Retracts Testimony

Since there's no jury in the Microsoft antitrust trial, it's up to the presiding judge to assess the credibility of witnesses for himself. Yesterday Judge Jackson watched as a government lawyer accused a Microsoft manager of making up evidence on the stand and then forced the witness to retract his testimony.

The latest blow to Microsoft's defense came in the cross-examination of Dan Rosen, a key witness who was present at critical meeting when, the government alleges, Microsoft issued a threat to rival Netscape. MORE>>

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