I generally read "plans to leave [acquired company] alone" as saying the acquirer isn't killing off the products of the company they bought. Of course, with an

I generally read "plans to leave [acquired company] alone" as saying the acquirer isn't killing off the products of the company they bought. Of course, with any acquisition, changes happen eventually. This isn't like Yahoo buying a company for patents or talent and quickly shuttering the product, or HP/Oracle buying a company and killing it under the burden of largecorp bureaucracy. We're talking about a pretty small company, buying another startup. See also: http://hotpads.com http://hotpads.com, http://agentfolio.com http://agentfolio.com, http://mortech.com http://mortech.com which were all acquired within the last year by Zillow. a few "a Zillow business" logos here and there, but if you were a customer of those companies before the acquisition, you would probably say Zillow has left them alone. disclosure: i have no insider info