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says...
In article . net, Java
Man wrote:

It's tough to get there when some won't acknowledge that Google has
proprietary trade secrets which they want and need to protect.

Who's done that?

Who do you think?

Cite, please? I've neither said nor hinted I believe that.

Said? No. Hinted? No. Implied? Yes.

" . . . Google isn't doing anything proprietary in its web and usenet
aggregating. You or I could start doing it tomorrow."

AND

"All Google has that you don't is a head start, a supoena to appear
before the US Congress, and $19 billion less share value than they had
a couple of days ago."

But perhaps I inferred incorrectly.

What DID you mean by the quotes above?

Rick