A cut from here:
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 2 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqNM:MSFT - News), the world's No. 1 software maker, on Wednesday said it is taking aim at privately held Google (News - Websites)Inc., the Web-search company that's so popular its name is used as a verb.

"We do view Google more and more as a competitor. We believe that we can provide consumers with a better product and a better user experience."
Now that's the scariest thing I've read for a while!!