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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An economist testifying on behalf of Microsoft Corp. on Thursday had to recant his charge that strict antitrust sanctions sought by nine states against Microsoft were developed by its competitors.

University of Virginia professor Kenneth Elzinga admitted he had mischaracterized the states' proposals in his written testimony to U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly when he said the sanctions were "developed" by Microsoft's competitors.

Under questioning from states' attorney Steve Kuney, Elzinga acknowledged that many of the restrictions the states wanted to impose on Microsoft were actually proposed by the original trial judge.

"Perhaps 'supported' was a better word than 'developed,"' Elzinga conceded.

Since those two words are not even very closely related in English, is it a wonder folks think MS is not being very truthful?