[gibwell]

There are many googlers who sincerely support free software, but Google the company is a business that has no particular interest in preserving other businesses or even business models.

Why would anyone expect Google not to eliminate its competitors?

[vermillion]

You're attacking a straw man.

I don't object to Google fighting its competitors, but it must play by the rules. Google is not a country, but part of society and this imposes certain obligations.

[icebraining]

And what rule is Google violating?

[vermillion]

A very quick search turns up this: "Google faces antitrust probes in India, Europe, 3 other jurisdictions" "Google Inc faces anti-trust probes in India, Europe" [...]

[icebraining]

And how many of those have been initiated because Google was adding these gadgets to Search?