As far as I know, the Chromium project has been pretty good about pushing open standards. I reckon that's because the company divisions operate as silos.
And this doesn't need to contradict pushing their proprietary app platforms. An addition to Google Drive that allows people to send files over the office intranet without going through the internet (i.e. faster and more securely) would give Google a small competitive advantage over the Microsoft suite of tools.
And this doesn't need to contradict pushing their proprietary app platforms. An addition to Google Drive that allows people to send files over the office intranet without going through the internet (i.e. faster and more securely) would give Google a small competitive advantage over the Microsoft suite of tools.