Why Larry Page's kumbaya moment sounded hollow

Google's CEO decried the negativity in the tech industry. Too bad the company's executives have a long history of trashing the competition.

Larry Page, Google's chief executive, is fed up with the negativity in the technology industry and the news media that covers its every detail like a prizefight.

"Every story I read about Google is 'us versus some other company' or some stupid thing, and I just don't find that very interesting," he said Wednesday at his company's annual developers conference. "We should be building great things that don't exist. Being negative isn't how we make progress. "

A few minutes later, Page went on the attack -- negativity be damned. He criticized Microsoft over compatibility issues between its email service and Google's products. Microsoft was "milking off" of Google's innovation," Page told the crowd. He then lashed out at Oracle, which unsuccessfully sued Google for patent infringement. "Money is more important to them than any kind of collaboration," Page said.

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