<A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6162557.html?tag=nl.r23660">Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie</A> doesn't necessarily think Google has all the answers, but he does credit the company for opening Microsoft's eyes.

"Google's success very clearly caused an inflection point within our industry and within Microsoft in terms of understanding advertising as an economic engine," Ozzie said Tuesday, speaking to analysts at a Goldman Sachs investor conference in Las Vegas. "It was a wake-up call within Microsoft."