UNTIL DEATH DO YOU PART (MAYBE SOONER THAN YOU THINK)

"The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character."

Peter de Vries (1910-1993) American editor and novelist.

While originally describing the marriage of two people it applies equally well to the merger of two companies.

What you think you will get very often doesn't happen.

Carefully evaluate the potential "personality" you hope to get so as not to end up with the "character" you don't want.