I have to say, living in Indonesia and seeing the start up scene (and financiers recently not to long ago at Global Venture Summit[which included a big ad from a google presenter, as well as one of their VC firm spawn]), seems like google is share cropping startups into their whole ecosystem.

But who can blame em? The government wants the USD flowing in, and the companies (already strapped for talent and cash to pay for such) get their IaaS for free for decent chunk of time… virtually no push back here like there is in the states to 'some' degree… and it keeps their offices from getting raided again!