Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: belief
22 Jul 2024 Acquired Microsoft Volume II
“I have more. I think you guys are using some of our stuff. I don’t want to sue you.”
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Everything needed to verify it.
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 22 Jul 2024
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Microsoft Volume II
Transcript context
…Wow. Steve cleverly identified this moment as a time to call Microsoft and say, hey, I know we’re through all the patent issues, that big lawsuit. I have more. I think you guys are using some of our stuff. I don’t want to sue you. I know the DOJ is looking at you guys for antitrust right now. Apple was aware that Microsoft would be interested in appearing collaborative with another major player in the ecosystem. We have the leverage to say, hey, what if you guys invested in us and did this big commitment to Office for Mac? It’s super important to help us get through this difficult time. Microsoft said back, well, it’s really important to us to have IE everywhere. They rolled it all into one big deal. No one’s going to sue anyone, all the IP is cross-licensed, Microsoft gets the win with IE, Apple gets the win with the investment in Office, and we can all walk away. Interesting.…
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