11. But Boies displayed a deposition taken from Celeste Dunn, who was in charge of buying software for Compaq. 12. But even with a low-speed line, Chase said, downloading a program would be faster than driving to a store to buy the software. 13. But nobody knows who they are, not even if five million people rush out to buy their software. 14. But Richmond Hill also finds itself forced to buy software of increasingly limited usefulness for its old machines. 15. But why go through the expense of buying new software and spending a few weeks getting comfortable with a new platform? 16. But to hear Croft tell it, the public interest was served because computer users are fortunate enough to buy his software. 17. Buy software? 18. Even if the government broke up Microsoft, most people would keep buying their software from the remaining pieces because Microsoft makes products people want. 19. For example, a consumer who bought Microsoft software from a retailer cannot sue Microsoft on antitrust grounds in federal court. 20. He predicted that the economics of the business would change as software was bought by subscription rather than as a retail product for the personal computer. |