This is almost right. Right in one sense. But in a more expansive sense, I read a great quote from some higher-up at Google a year back that really put things

This is almost right. Right in one sense. But in a more expansive sense, I read a great quote from some higher-up at Google a year back that really put things in perspective.. He said, "Look, over 50% of the Internet uses Google for search, conservatively speaking. So if we make the Internet better in a general, altruistic sense, and create 2 new internet users, we just created a Google user." So it's a more positive gesture than the denial-based moat metaphor or 'scorched earth' language imply. (The moat metaphor made me think of IE vs Netscape).