“Ever been part of an acquisition? I have and the ones I’ve been a party to sucked. Let me explain… 1) Most of the key smart people are gone (ask the HotMail or WebTV team members how long they’ve been there). 2) Not much of the technology developed at the time of the acquisition survives. (HotMail used to be completely a Unix-based system. Today it almost completely runs on Windows 2000. Enough said)…”