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I hate to relate it to startups, really, but I couldn't help but think it sounds so much like a startup that just got acquired. I hope the Whitehouse doesn't do what big companies do to little startups so often. Hopefully the fact that they're not being taken in so much as taking over means it won't be so demotivating. Obama can sign an executive order allowing jeans in the Oval Office, right?

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There's a difference. When a small company gets acquired by IBM, the IBM people stay in charge. The little fish gets swallowed.

Here, the startup is suddenly in charge of the behemoth. So there's no real reason to assume everything is going to change for the worse.

You underestimate institutional momentum. Try watching 'Yes, Minister', which is a far-too-believable take on how the bureaucrats keep politicians in line.

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