The following isn't particularly funny, though it is a comedy of sorts. It's taken from http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/ts/story.html?s=v/nm/19990127/ts/micros oft_1.html [Regarding the browser wars] In 1995, Microsoft Chief Executive Bill Gates and others set a goal of keeping Netscape away from the upcoming Windows 95 system. Maritz said that was important because Netscape's Web browser posed potential competition to the Windows operating system. The government alleges that Microsoft offered to divide the browser market with Netscape at a June 21, 1995, meeting. Under the proposal, Microsoft would get to make browsers for Windows 95 and Netscape would have what was left. Gates said that Microsoft might offer to invest in Netscape to help it make the decision. ---------- [Regarding Inel's software development] Intel developed software designed to make computers sing and dance, as some in the company put it. The software would be put on machines even before Windows was loaded and Microsoft saw that as a potential competition. A witness from Intel, Steven McGeady, testified earlier in the trial that Intel backed down and canceled the software under threats from Microsoft. Maritz [Microsoft's group vice president for platforms and applications, and the highest-ranking Microsoft executive to testify at the trial] insisted during his testimony that Microsoft had acted to stop Intel ``because we thought it might be against Intel's own interest.'' ``Aside from your natural human instinct to try to help Intel, did you have a Microsoft interest to try to stop Intel?'' asked Boies. ``Yes,'' replied McGeady. ``We didn't want software that was incompatible with Windows ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----