I wrote something between those lines 10 days ago (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3463957 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3463957), so, I can understan

I wrote something between those lines 10 days ago (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3463957 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3463957), so, I can understand Google's interest on having it's own mobile OS. But that's not a reason for them to start a war that is not on their best interest. Apple wins having Android around, so they can escape of being accused of monopolistic practices (e.g. no other Browser banned from their OS? Remember Microsoft?), Google wins, by having another channel of distribution for their ads. And both of them complement each other nicely.