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Washington: The chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates, (in the picture) is scheduled to appear in a federal court in Washington on Monday to testify against tougher penalties sought by nine states that are still pursuing the landmark anti-trust case against his company. The appearance will mark the first time Mr. Gates has taken the witness stand in the four-year-old case. His testimony and his performance under cross-examination could prove pivotal in determining what restrictions Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of U.S. District Court decides to impose on Microsoft, anti-trust experts said. The decision by Microsoft to call Mr. Gates as a witness carries considerable risk. In the liability phase of the trial before Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, the Justice Department showed several videotaped segments of Mr. Gates' deposition in which he appeared to contradict e-mail records and avoid directly responding to questions. Justice Jackson, who ruled that Microsoft had repeatedly violated federal antitrust laws, told reporters that Mr. Gates ``has a Napoleonic concept of himself and his company, an arrogance that derives from power and unalloyed success.'' — New York Times .
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