> I've never worked anywhere that started working on integrating or unifying roadmaps before the contracts were inked and the deal fully ratified. Because it's

> I've never worked anywhere that started working on integrating or unifying roadmaps before the contracts were inked and the deal fully ratified. Because it's not really legal. I've been a similar situation previously, and we were specifically forbidden from working on any integration projects until the deal closed, as in the legal department gave a company-wide presentation on exactly what kind of work was and wasn't allowed (e.g. obviously execs/legal folks could work towards completing the merger, but working on actual engineering integration was expressly forbidden).