IANAL, but if they have attacked Microsoft, that is probably a prudent legal strategy. Keep in mind that Google claims to have discovered this episode by noticing similarities between their results and Bing's which although it suggests and active program to monitor Bing, is hardly surprising.
On the other hand, however plausible it appears their claim about how they discovered it smells a bit of BS. It strains belief that Google never looked at the packets the Bing toolbar was sending home during browser compatibility testing. They lost their virginity a long time ago.
IANAL, but if they have attacked Microsoft, that is probably a prudent legal strategy. Keep in mind that Google claims to have discovered this episode by noticing similarities between their results and Bing's which although it suggests and active program to monitor Bing, is hardly surprising.
On the other hand, however plausible it appears their claim about how they discovered it smells a bit of BS. It strains belief that Google never looked at the packets the Bing toolbar was sending home during browser compatibility testing. They lost their virginity a long time ago.