Well, the answer is "it depends". Lots of acquisitions become features. Others succeed after a rebranding, so it's hard to tease out what qualifies as "thriving

Well, the answer is "it depends". Lots of acquisitions become features. Others succeed after a rebranding, so it's hard to tease out what qualifies as "thriving". Off the top of my head examples: * Google Maps (Where 2 Technologies) * Siri (Siri Inc) * Visio (Visio Inc) * Firefox (born of post-acquisition AoL money)