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"FAILS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS"

Mace will also testify that the states' proposed sanctions are "critical to ensure that Palm can continue to interoperate with Microsoft's Windows platform in the future" and that the Justice Department settlement "fails to address Palm's concerns," the states said in their pre-trial statement.

Microsoft has repeatedly criticized the states' proposed sanctions as radical and harmful to consumers, and said in its pre-trial statement it will call its own witnesses, including many company executives, to make that case.

The software giant reached the deal with the Justice Department in November after an appeals court in June upheld a lower court conclusion that Microsoft had used illegal tactics to maintain its Windows monopoly.

The settlement, among other things, would give computer makers more freedom to feature rival software on the machines they sell and prevent Microsoft from retaliating against them.

Nine of the 18 states in the lawsuit agreed to sign on to the deal, but the other nine are still pursuing the case.

The dissenting states, which include California, Massachusetts and Iowa, say their additional remedies would close a series of settlement loopholes. It also would force Microsoft to sell a cheaper, stripped-down version of its Windows operating system and disclose the system's inner workings.

Kollar-Kotelly will hold a hearing starting on March 6 on whether the proposed settlement is in the public interest. Separate hearings on the demands for tougher sanctions will begin on March 11 and will likely run for 6-8 weeks.