Whatever the outcome of the Microsoft trial, don't expect Bill Gates to say he's sorry. For the most part, the Bill Gates on the witness stand at the company's antitrust trial last week was a public relations dream. Gone was the uncooperative persona displayed on a videotaped deposition earlier in the case. This time, arguing in the company's defense against the sanctions sought by a coalition of state prosecutors, Mr. Gates played by turns his familiar roles as high-technology visionary and brilliant businessman. He waxed evangelical about the wondrous potential of technology and stuck to his warnings of its sure stagnation, should the court decide to carry out the states' proposals.
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