The New York Times > Technology > Google Moves Toward a Direct Confrontation With Microsoft

An exciting battle taking shape between Google and Microsoft. Google has no security issues to battle as MS does and has the momentum of an IPO and all the attendant publicity. Google is 'trapping' MS in its own operating system pain. If things don't go Google's way, they can choose to sponsor and support Linux as a desktop operating system. The open source movement is part of the Google culture and most certainly not part of Microsoft's.