Thanks Stevie for the heads up. Microsoft Corp. told a federal judge on Monday that it has decided not call nearly half of its remaining defense witnesses, citing "progress made so far" in defending itself from severe antitrust sanctions.
Attorneys for Microsoft told U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly that eight of the 17 witnesses remaining on its list would not take the stand, including four Microsoft executives, company spokesman Jim Desler said.
"After reviewing the progress made so far in our case, as well as assessing the states' witnesses and what we believe are shortcomings in the states' case, Microsoft has decided we will not call several individuals who were originally on our witness list," Desler said.
Microsoft reached a settlement of the antitrust case with the Justice Department in November, but nine of the states in the case are asking the judge for more severe sanctions.
News source: Yahoo! News - Microsoft Trims Witness List, Cites Strong Case
Attorneys for Microsoft told U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly that eight of the 17 witnesses remaining on its list would not take the stand, including four Microsoft executives, company spokesman Jim Desler said.
"After reviewing the progress made so far in our case, as well as assessing the states' witnesses and what we believe are shortcomings in the states' case, Microsoft has decided we will not call several individuals who were originally on our witness list," Desler said.
Microsoft reached a settlement of the antitrust case with the Justice Department in November, but nine of the states in the case are asking the judge for more severe sanctions.
News source: Yahoo! News - Microsoft Trims Witness List, Cites Strong Case
Previous queries to Microsoft about XP SE were inconclusive; the company has disavowed knowledge of any such product. However, Microsoft has released yearly Windows desktop upgrades for several years, and because Longhorn is now scheduled for 2004, the company will need a product to fill the void in 2003, and XP SE could be that product. I'm still waiting for the company to comment about the magazine article.
The second Windows controversy revolves around a video that purports to show the interface for the Longhorn "shelf," which will replace the Start menu. Microsoft first publicly demonstrated the shelf last summer at the company's annual Financial Analysts Meeting, where executive Steven Guggenheimer explained how future MSN services would be able to integrate more easily with the new Windows UI. "So from the Windows perspective, I know this will be an open bar where anybody can plug in," Guggenheimer said at the time.
The video shows a Windows-like desktop in Classic mode, with a wide gray bar running up the side. The bar is divided into sections, such as "task shelf," "common tasks," and "my email," and it's definitely fake. However, the video's creators did a decent job using the few available bits of information to show the type of functionality that Microsoft might include in the next Windows version's UI. But if you're excited about seeing Longhorn in action, you need to wait: Microsoft told me that the Longhorn beta won't start until this fall, after the XP SP1 beta is completed. Look for more information about this purported Longhorn video on the SuperSite for Windows later this week.
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