Regardless of whether or not one agrees with Yusuf Mehdi's conclusions, I can certainly understand his passion in defending his team. Google's accusations yest

Regardless of whether or not one agrees with Yusuf Mehdi's conclusions, I can certainly understand his passion in defending his team. Google's accusations yesterday were very accusatory and polemic (e.g. "We look forward to competing with genuinely new search algorithms out there—algorithms built on core innovation, and not on recycled search results from a competitor. " ouch).