to be fair, what do you think the purchasing company wants out of the deal? Acquisitions are generally structured as a) acquisition of key talent, b) acquisitio

to be fair, what do you think the purchasing company wants out of the deal? Acquisitions are generally structured as a) acquisition of key talent, b) acquisition of customers, c) acquisition of technology/IP, d) efficiencies from cutting duplicative functions (accounting, HR, etc). I'm not so sure that there needs to be some sort of greater altruism at play here?