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Gates Made a 'Blunt Threat' to Intel to Kill Its Software, an Executive Testified
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At Microsoft's 1998 antitrust trial, Intel executive Steven McGeady testified that Bill Gates had, in a 1995 meeting, bluntly threatened Intel — warning that Microsoft would not support Intel's next-generation chips unless Intel halted its 'Native Signal Processing' software work, which Microsoft viewed as encroaching on Windows. Intel, whose processors needed Windows to sell, backed down; chairman Andy Grove later acknowledged Intel 'caved' under Microsoft's pressure. Entered into the federal antitrust record, the episode became a vivid example of how Gates used Microsoft's platform power to keep even powerful partners in line.
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