Best case scenario, Analog eats Maxim and fires their entire management and product teams... or more. Worst case scenario is a Boeing-McDonnell Douglas style merger where Maxim is left running the show. That would essentially remove ADI as a viable product option, so let's hope they're smarter than that.

(Which they were, when ADI bought LTC. That merger has gone about as well as these things can, for customers. The difference between LTC and Maxim, though, is that LTC was best-in-class on every feature save price, whereas Maxim... friends don't let friends design in Maxim. They're no good for you unless you're an Apple or Qualcomm.)