With Google, There Will Be Bad Blood

With Google, There Will Be Bad Blood: "'I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed.'

I'm reminded of Daniel Plainview's admission in There Will Be Blood when thinking about Google.

While the company is still largely beloved by the public, sentiment seems to have turned against them amongst their peers, and even amongst many of the startups around Silicon Valley. While these tensions have been building for months — and even years, in some cases — we're seeing this on display more clearly than ever now thanks to the patent issue(s)."