Eck, it's not so much anything's damaged [so far] but there is more than one issue here; I don't really like the notion of cornering markets, we have all seen what's happened with the MS but within that group there are some steadying influences anchoring the MS to some degree.
Problems arise when you have a reduced number of people in charge of anything especially when you also have two personalities, one of which is seen as an industry pariah and the other a burgeoning megalomaniac.It's an unhealthy mix of individuals that can only end with people getting hurt.
Mind you, it's a toss-up which one shafts the other and only time will tell on that score but if I had to lay money on it, I'd select the knife in the back coming from an old adversary of mine.
No, adversary is the wrong word to use there because it implies this person is regarded with a degree of respect, he isn't; he's a well known industry snake only doing things for his own benefit, and 'no, it's not abbott for the record'.
There's always seems to be a way out for snivelling ****-bags like this and it's one of life's injustices that we have to live with sometimes but hey, let's hope this time it don't go that way.