That is competition, Google wrote in the filing.
However, Apple ultimately decided against any kind of deal.
Microsoft search quality, their investment in search, everything was not significant at all.
And so everything was lower.
So the search quality itself wasnt as good.
They werent investing at any level comparable to Google or to what Microsoft could invest in.
Apparently, the discussion between Apple and Microsoft never went beyond the early stages.
Currently, Apple uses Google as the default search engine for its Safari net net app.
source: www.techworm.net
