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The Department of Justice, joined by nineteen states, launched an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, and the tasks of evidence collection and investigation would be the responsibility of the Prosecuting Attorney.
From a procedural standpoint, Netscape and its legal team had completed their task, but this did not mean they were now without anything to do.
At the end of September, the Federal Supreme Court announced that it would hold a hearing on the Microsoft antitrust case one week later.
Even though the case had entered the public prosecution phase, the hearing was still an indispensable part for the sake of procedural justice and further evidence collection.
The first to be summoned at this hearing was Michael Dell, the Chairman of Dell Inc.
Because he kneeled too quickly in Microsoft's aggressive strategy to promote its own browser, Michael Dell had the "honor" of becoming one of the witnesses.
