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In general, the applications most in danger of competition from the OS manufacturer are utilities (Conflict Catcher, NOW, etc.). This makes sense, however, because utilities are made explicitly to account for lackings in the OS. So companies that sell basic utilities simply have to understand that they shouldn't exist in the long term. Look at Nico Mak, for example, and WinZip. Wonderful, fantastic program. But since every internet-connected OS needs ZIP functionality for even the most basic things, it really needs to be bundled into the OS. And that's why you'll see it in all new versions of Windows.

Now, I do feel sorry for Karelia. I've never used Watson, but it looks like a pretty slick little tool. By the same token, however, it's rather clear that their goal was to extend Sherlock. A perfectly fine goal, but they can't be too surprised when Apple decides to extend it, too. I can't imagine they didn't see this coming.