Google. My immediately previous comment http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5034258 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5034258 in another thread remarks that

Google. My immediately previous comment http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5034258 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5034258 in another thread remarks that Google knows something about how the world works that other companies neglect. That is, Google knows how to leverage government regulations to protect its financial strength while it disrupts industry segments that are not regulated in a way to stop Google from moving in. For perspective, the top ten tech companies by valuation in early 2012: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/10-highest-valued-tech-companies-39513.html http://smallbusiness.chron.com/10-highest-valued-tech-compan...