The article also includes the bizarre suggestion that Google would react to all this by making their services chrome only - rather than doing the thing they are

The article also includes the bizarre suggestion that Google would react to all this by making their services chrome only - rather than doing the thing they are way better than Microsoft at - innovation. I am sure in this battle of the behemoth a round or two can be won with money - especially since their are other heavy weight players - Apple, Amazon etc. circling and strategic plays are always going to be happening - but Microsoft have had three goes at getting to where Google are now and being in second place in the search wars would surely motivate Google to stop innovating with passing nonsense like Wave and the like and put all their best brains back on search.