"EA" didn't have the concept down, Maxis did. They bought out something and ruined it, par for the course for acquisitions. Isn't it great when founders get a

"EA" didn't have the concept down, Maxis did. They bought out something and ruined it, par for the course for acquisitions. Isn't it great when founders get a pay day but does that kind of thing really benefit everybody else? Just in general it doesn't seem that allowing most mergers is a particularly good thing for the American public, benefiting mostly just very large corporations who get to offload risk on to startups and their investors and reward only a lucky few (though skill is important, who succeeds and gets a good exit has a lot to do with luck)