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There are huge penalties for saying no, contractually, etc. Just look at the Gibson guitar raids. Also wasn't YAHOO one that did say no and still they were strong armed? I mean, it is the gov. that has the real teeth here (real weapons, regulation rulings etc., not patents).

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For some of the tech companies, yes. But I imagine that even the US government would have some significant day-to-day challenges if Google were not available to it's employees (State or Federal).

That has to provide some leverage when dealing with situations that you should not be comfortable with.

> But I imagine that even the US government would have some significant day-to-day challenges if Google were not available to it's employees (State or Federal).

Oh, you have no idea. Even in the DoD Google is a required element of much of what I do on some weeks.

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