"My point is that there's typically this huge gap between acquisition and any demonstrable positive action. During that gap, there's either no change at all or

"My point is that there's typically this huge gap between acquisition and any demonstrable positive action. During that gap, there's either no change at all or the service is hobbled/impaired, during which time competitors could come in to the market." ok i agree. it does take _forever_ for google to convert its acquisitions over to their infrastructure, often with no improvements to the service initially.