Why getting acquired sucks by Steve Gedikian of Nullsoft

[danw]

http://gedikian.com/2004/10/i-havent-forgotten-and-we-will-never.html

[altay]

Why is acquisition integration such a hard problem? How come no big company has figured out how to buy a startup and not drive it into the ground?

[snorkel]

For the founders getting acquired is a jackpot. For workaday drones getting acquired means update your resume because you'll be out in a year.