A fascinating story which broke on Search Engine Land last week.
"Microsoft’s Director of Search admitted this week that Bing isn’t likely to put a significant dent in Google’s search market share."
"...For us, it’s less about Bing.com, though that’s still important. It’s really about how we can instead weave the tech into things you’re already doing."
As SEL said, it really does sound like someone waving a white flag! Instead it seems Microsoft/Bing are going concentrating on apps, mobile and specialised searches, leaving general general keyword search to Google.
Not really what I wanted to hear, would be nice to see Google have a genuine competitor, not sure now who that will be ? 
