These sorts of pithy and sweeping bromides are almost never universally applicable, and relying on them for important decisions is usually a sign of intellectual laziness. Fred points to one case it was applicable, but you could easily point to cases where it isn&#x27;t (ex: ridesharing).<p>As for what happened to Tacoda post-acquisition, it wasn&#x27;t pretty[0].<p>0: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;venturebeat.com&#x2F;2008&#x2F;08&#x2F;01&#x2F;aol-shutters-tacoda-mergers-customers-into-low-end-adcom&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;venturebeat.com&#x2F;2008&#x2F;08&#x2F;01&#x2F;aol-shutters-tacoda-merger...</a>