Google never had a ten year lead, that's pretty naive. Google had a ten year _lag_. Microsoft already had office when Google appeared, and while fans have numer

Google never had a ten year lead, that's pretty naive. Google had a ten year _lag_. Microsoft already had office when Google appeared, and while fans have numerous reasons to like Google docs & friends, they were never better or bigger than Office. Chrome OS has a tremendous lag on windows and Mac. It's really hard to innovate once you start to be compared to a established brand. Go ask Bing. Unless duck duck go becomes larger than Google, they never blew any lead, only were defeated in places opponents were stronger.