Well, given that Google is giant, unbelievably powerful, and have a very significant share of email market - they could've pulled just about anything. If OpenPG

Well, given that Google is giant, unbelievably powerful, and have a very significant share of email market - they could've pulled just about anything. If OpenPGP isn't good (and it's true that it has issues), they could've implemented and proposed a whole new standard that addresses existing shortcomings, evangelize/market it - and it's very likely others would've followed.