[phonejunky]

In the 1990s, Microsoft was the tech industry wunderkind that got too big for its britches � and Google CEO Eric Schmidt, then an executive at Sun Microsystems and later Novell, helped knock the software titan down a peg by providing evidence in the government�s antitrust case against it

Read more: Google V.S. Microsoft (Tech war: Google vs. Microsoft - Elizabeth Wasserman - POLITICO.com)

[blueyestm]

he most likely got paid for his information

Remember: Knowledge is power

[jlb21]

I am sorry, I just don't see the resemblance:

[phonejunky]

hahaha classic picture right there.

[phonejunky]

he most likely got paid for his information

Remember: Knowledge is power

Oh of course him receiving compensation for his testimony goes without question. And if not directly or in some offshore account it surely paid off in the long run.

[SCrid2000]

Was he subpeonad or did he volunteer the information?

[wnm]

Any one familiar with MS's practices at that time knows they would do anything to kill the competition including patent infringements.

I don't see how protecting your own company's interests makes you a snitch.