> I guess stabbing a close partner in the back by releasing a clone of their flagship product is not being evil 1. All these companies "stab each other in the

> I guess stabbing a close partner in the back by releasing a clone of their flagship product is not being evil 1. All these companies "stab each other in the back" and engage in cut throat competition for everything, including (notoriously now) employees and customers. 2. Of all the things google has done, or is doing, or might do releasing Android was one of the more benevolent. At least the "victim" was a giant corporation not defenseless employees, factory workers, developers or customers. 3. Evil is what Sergey says is evil. I'm a huge fan of Apple products, but "benevolent" is certainly not a word you might use to describe them as a company. In many cases (not all), the opposite can be said of Google.