I was only commenting about a global effect I see Google is causing to the IT industry. I personally do not have a problem with them, nor do i feel threatened.

I was only commenting about a global effect I see Google is causing to the IT industry. I personally do not have a problem with them, nor do i feel threatened. It's not about me, but the Tech industry in general. [This causes companies that do provide similar services at a cost to improve what they do; otherwise they would do nothing and stay content with the way things are.] I agree in a general sense, but in reality, in some sectors you are just not able to compete with free. Google can offer it for free, just because they pay it with the money they earned from another service (online ads). But, I don't say this is inherently evil or monopolistic, I just wanted to express my observation that this strategy causes disruption.