Or so I infer from this Wired [link|http://www.wired.com/news/antitrust/0,1551,48168,00.html|article]

The relevant bits

"California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, whose state is home to Silicon Valley, emerged as one of the harshest critics of the settlement, and charged that the last-minute lobbying campaign had "devolved from policy into finger pointing."

Lockyer added that his resolve was hardened after listening over the weekend to advice from technical experts and officials from Microsoft's competitors, including IBM, AOL Time Warner Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc. and Novell Inc.