Someone saying 8 years ago that web apps would take the majority of desktop applications out of the picture people would say she is crazy. If today you accept that fact, then possibly u accept that Microsoft has at least been minimized as a potential threat.

But, if someone even today haven't seen the move away desktop apps, then they will never understand what PG meant.

If you compare the 17 acquisitons Vs the 9 that Google did in 2006, the conclusions are obvious...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_acquired_by_Microsoft_Corporation#2006

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_acquisitions