The US Department of Justice found that Microsoft internally used the phrase 'Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish' to describe its strategy for eliminating competitors. Intel VP Steven McGeady testified that Microsoft VP Paul Maritz used the exact phrase in a 1995 meeting about destroying Netscape. A 1998 Bill Gates memo ordered that Office documents must 'depend on proprietary IE capabilities' and called cross-browser compatibility 'suicide for our platform.' Trial exhibits including emails and memos confirmed patterns of extending open standards with proprietary additions to undermine competitors.