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Re:Lessons Learned after $5B of M&A by sangnoir on Friday February 18, 2022 @06:20PM (#30392525)
> But you seem to be saying it is the seller's responsibility to understand the buyer's product and evaluate the integration during due diligence?

I'm not OP, but I don't think that's what they meant:

>> the product not being able to integrate with your product like they claimed

It's lack of due diligence by the buyer after being deceived (intentionally or not). I imagine the seller saying "We support gRPC too, so we can interop easily" and then discovering that's not quite the case afterwards.

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Re:Lessons Learned after $5B of M&A by 0xbadcafebee on Saturday February 19, 2022 @11:16AM (#30398179)
Yep. It's 100% the buyers' responsibility to vet what they're buying, but the seller can obscure a lot until after the sale.

It's like buying a used car. You need a mechanic to really get in there and find all the rotten bits, based on where you intend to drive it (and how long)

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