not sure why there's downvotes, maybe I worded the above too strongly.
He clearly mentions how he discusses how he routed around browser editing/DOM manipulation to Google, and then a similar approach was taken by Google later in their product.
This thought often goes through my mind when people ask me "how did you do that?" If they were Google, and interested in acquiring me, I would be less guarded in answering the question though. Companies would get a pretty bad reputation very quickly if they were in the business of stealing peoples' ideas.
Android phones, App Store, and, oh yeah, check out the industrial design of that Netbook they came out with. And those are the flat out rip-offs...
Google is not all about stealing ideas, but they certainly will if it benefits them. They are probably going to end up taking the crown from Microsoft for mediocre implementations of others good ideas, just by virtue of their size (and still growing) and their reach.
He clearly mentions how he discusses how he routed around browser editing/DOM manipulation to Google, and then a similar approach was taken by Google later in their product.