Google's complaining about not being able to submit a final bid to replace Microsoft's e-mail in the strung-out state of California. According to the LA Times, Google claims it could have saved the state $16 million on a $60 million contract for 200,000 seats but couldn't because the tender was written for Microsoft. State officials deny it. Google claims an "organizational conflict of interest" and a bias for a "native desktop client" rather than cloud-based widgetry. California also wants to sort mailbox messages and Google searches. It claims sorting is a "relatively limited method" of finding things. California said it wants both.