– One of the more controversial pieces of evidence to emerge from the paper-storm circling above yesterday’s testimony was an email forwarded between America Online and Netscape in October 1995. It was written by Steve Case who heads up AOL, and referred to the proposed 1995 strategic alliance. A snippet from the document reads: We can use our own respective strengths to kick the shit out of the beast from Redmond.
– Case, in the same email, refers to Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale as dearest comrade and compares Microsoft with Hitler. David Colburn, asked whether it was common practice with AOL in 1995 to strike analogies between Microsoft with Hitler, sheepishly replied: I wouldn’t say it was the practice.
– Mark Murray, speaking for Microsoft to the press outside the courtroom, refused to comment on whether ‘the beast from Redmond’ felt that AOL was trying to smear it through the online giant’s involvement in the government case.
– Milwaukee, Wisconsin-born David Colburn’s on screen moniker at AOL is ‘DKRJJ’ – which stands for David, Katie, Rachel, Jessica and Jason – himself, his wife and his kids. Aaaaaah!
