You're giving GS a pass because they are a small startup. If Microsoft came out with a similar service it would have no defenders. Fried did the right thing by

You're giving GS a pass because they are a small startup. If Microsoft came out with a similar service it would have no defenders. Fried did the right thing by bringing this up in public. Your "BRAVO!" story is naive. If he would have pursued your polite strategy it would have ended in nothing but a sales pitch. That's how GS's business works.