It will still operate as their own entity, run by Tony
For now, at least. As staunch commented on the other thread (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1409915), this is still really a honeymoon period.
For now, at least. As staunch commented on the other thread (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1409915), this is still really a honeymoon period.
It was the price he paid to get the company where it was that he was in that bind (a good bind to be in, if you ask me), and the best move he could have made to keep the company and the destiny of the culture in his hands.
(Edit: An argument against this case would be Tivoli. It was bought out by IBM and slowly the cultures merged.)