A war between Tencent, operator of the popular instant-messaging software QQ, and Qihoo 360, China’s biggest antivirus service provider, escalated early this month when Tencent  stopped service to QQ users whose computers are installed with 360’s software.

Tencent is always accused of plagiarizing others ideas and copy them on their own online platform, QQ, which force many small companies to collapse. 360, created by Hongyi Zhou, who had created the 3721, one of the famous rogue software, is accused of kidnapping the users and trying to push aside other companies.

Though online polls are hardly a scientific measurement of public opinion, one poll on popular Internet portal 163.com suggests Tencent may be taking a hit in this publicity battle. Of 423,000 respondents who were asked whether they would remove Tencent or Qihoo’s software, 66% voted to remove Tencent’s software, while 34% chose Qihoo 360.

Whatever the two companies have said, they have all made the unethical decisions which harm the users’ rights, thus breaking the basic morality in the business. In any case, any corporations should not harm the user, especially now the war is now affecting innocent bystanders whose computers have become the battlefield of the two big corporations.

read more:http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/11/05/qq-360-battle-escalates-into-war/