Microsoft Wins Again "The ruling was almost a complete loss for the nine non-settling states, led by California, Iowa and Connecticut. The judge said that their trial strategy of bringing "all existing allegations of anticompetitive conduct - which have not been proven or for which liability has not been ascribed" - was the wrong way to approach the case. "This court has had little choice but to reject (those states') remedial suggestions on the grounds that they are unjustifiably in conflict with the imposition as well as the rejection of liability in this case." The states still suing wanted Microsoft to divulge more technical information, give computer manufacturers more freedom in how they package Windows in their systems and allow users to completely remove some Microsoft features from Windows rather than just hide access to them."