I guess I'm not understanding why google took the app down. It just sounds pathetic. They made a sample application to show off their new product. Is the pro

I guess I'm not understanding why google took the app down. It just sounds pathetic. They made a sample application to show off their new product. Is the problem that it's too 'similar'? I'm guessing the exposure would have been far less if 37signals just kept quiet and ignored the google app. I sure would have not known about the google sample app, and if I had I would have assumed that it was just a barebones concept, not something I could depend on or get support from if it didn't work. My general rule of thumb is to always act as though any competition does not exist, because otherwise your simply advertising them. This means having features that 'no one else has' so you don't even have to name the competition.