While this is anecdotal, some ibanking friends told me that alot of the traditional wall street banks 'boycotted' google for going w/ a smaller player who did a

While this is anecdotal, some ibanking friends told me that alot of the traditional wall street banks 'boycotted' google for going w/ a smaller player who did a non-traditional format (auctions) that threatened their business model and that resulted in lower demand (and lower price) for their shares at IPO than would have otherwise been the case.