"No," Lanier spoke up before anyone else could answer. "I don’t think so. A corporate war would be too destructive to risk. The first-tier corporations have resources equal to those of the national superpowers that once existed, which means they need must avoid a war no one could win. If Renraku secures this technology, there won’t be anything the other corporations can do about it without risking the total destruction of the Matrix we all rely upon. They would look for other ways to subvert or steal the technology, but they wouldn’t go to war to prevent Renraku from rising to the top, not while there were still other options."