Nine states suing Microsoft tried Tuesday to offer complaints by computer makers as evidence that the company still uses unfair business practices after settling its antitrust case with the federal government. The federal deal required that Microsoft have uniform contracts with computer makers for licensing its Windows operating system. Microsoft had been accused of using its contracts to reward friends and punish companies that displeased it. Howard Gutman, a lawyer for the states, quoted an unnamed employee of Dell Computer writing to Microsoft executives complaining about the new contracts.
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