Suit against Microsoft looms

Seattle PI | at | by Mike

One of the last remaining consumer class-action antitrust lawsuits filed against Microsoft in a state court is set to go to trial in November, and the company's co-founder and chairman is on the witness list to testify.

That doesn't mean Bill Gates will end up in the witness chair in Polk County District Court defending his company's business plan, but it's a possibility.

The lawsuit against Microsoft has made its way to the Iowa Supreme Court three times and, unlike those in most states, which have been either settled or dismissed, it is scheduled for trial Nov. 13.