Although unlikely that Google would have ever sold out to MSFT (Google has too much of a granola-Birkenstock-Linux feel), it is nowclear that Gates and Co. will throw some of its $50b egg nest at the search market; potentially including the functionality in future versions of Windows. DSBPI recommends that Google go public or otherwise cash out ASAP, because Steve Ballmer entering your neighborhood is often as bad a sign as Tony Soprano asking for a private meeting in an underground parking lot.