The result of this PR move does not decrease my opinion of Microsoft as a company, or Bing as a product. I held them both in fairly low regard already. The res

The result of this PR move does not decrease my opinion of Microsoft as a company, or Bing as a product. I held them both in fairly low regard already. The result of all this is that I now perceive Bing to be considered more of a contender by Google than I previously did. I doubt that is what Google intended. But then, this PR move was probably meant to change the opinion of people who had a higher opinion of Microsoft and Bing than myself, or were just casual users with no real position. Either way, it does put Microsoft on the defense for something that I wouldn't construe as malicious.