John Battelle passes along this report:
Google CEO Eric Schimdt has joined Apple’s board. Given the way the Valley hovers over every possible implication of both companies’ actions, there’s plenty of conspiracies to be theorized here.
It’s the oldest strategy around. “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Google and Microsoft are squared off against one another as directly as two companies can be, so it makes sense that Google would align with Mozilla, Apple, Sun, and just about anyone else who is on Microsoft’s enemies list.
Ed Bott 
So, if I was a Microsoft partisan (not saying that I am, just asking), I should no longer use Google? That’s worse than giving up Starbucks. It isn’t going to happen on my watch.
I believe you would be either “innocent bystander” or “collateral damage,” in that case. 😉