Encouraging internal competition within a company has led to many disasters - Microsoft tablet vs office http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/opinion/04brass.html?

Encouraging internal competition within a company has led to many disasters - Microsoft tablet vs office http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/opinion/04brass.html?src=tp http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/opinion/04brass.html?src=t... and recently at Nokia http://mobilesoftware.tumblr.com/post/3565611897/what-happened-to-nokia http://mobilesoftware.tumblr.com/post/3565611897/what-happen... Also, as other comments have pointed out, a lot of Google products just won't survive unless they are backed by the revenue coming from Google Search.