I gain no pleasure in seeing this happen (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2386033,00.asp), but it appears as though the Google reign of evil is continuing to grow (http://nicholasschoonover.com/Home/tabid/39/EntryId/13/Google-has-become-evil.aspx). Google apparently hired a key guy from PayPal... NOTHING wrong with that and it's a really small valley. While we (tech vendors) compete with each other in the market place, we're always looking for the next great job/business opportunity, that's simply ingrained in our culture.

However, the PayPal suit says that he swiped code prior to leaving. Long-story short. They had to sue, because otherwise their shareholders would be suing them for violating their fiduciary duty to protect the shareholder's investment in eBay (owns PayPal). The real questions on my mind is, why is Google hiring someone to develop an electronic wallet? I can't believe that there's any real intellectual property to steal. There might be a few frivolous patents that can slip by patent office clerks, I mean seriously Amazon got 1-Click Purchasing past them, but Google prides itself on having lots of really smart people on staff. They couldn't do it without hiring this guy from PayPal? This I gotta see the final product to believe it, because it's going to cost a lot more than the sum of the team's salaries and other costs now that the lawyers are involved.

Nicholas