Did Google rip Campfire off? Absolutely. OK, let's be sure we're all talking about the same thing. When I hear that company Foo ripped off product Bar, I thin

Did Google rip Campfire off? Absolutely. OK, let's be sure we're all talking about the same thing. When I hear that company Foo ripped off product Bar, I think that Foo has made an unethical clone of Bar's design or Bar's actual copy/code/content. By this definition, releasing a piece of software with Bar's exact feature set does not constitute a "rip-off," but merely competition. This doesn't look like a rip-off to me after an admittedly brief look at the interface. I'd believe it if someone, without looking silly, could actually enumerate a list of Campfire design elements Google "ripped off." To me, Campfire's interface looks minimalist and elegant; HuddleChat looks rather like a wireframe. It seems silly to say that the two apps have the same look and feel.