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Consolidation isn't new, though... it was a major factor in our rush to form the Gathering and place a stake in the ground to ensure that there is a solid path for developers who are willing to stay independent and build their own companies on their own terms.

I think a lot can be said for consolidation, but I think it should be done for the right reasons.

We are beginning to see the benefits of global consolidation.

I am seriously troubled by the proposed rapid consolidation in the telecommunications marketplace.

In the European context tax rates are high and government expenditure is focused on current expenditure. A 'good' consolidation is one where taxes are lower and the lower government expenditure is on infrastructures and other investments.

More of the same will just produce more of the same: less competitiveness, less growth, fewer jobs.

Typical mergers happen when there are two competitors coming together, and they reduce overhead.

We have believed at CA that consolidation of this industry is something that was required ten years ago.

Changes like the telephone and telegraphy, which tend to reduce the cost of organizing spatially, will tend to increase the size of the firm.

History shows fans want consolidation; you see it across the web every place. The big players are people like Google, Amazon, eBay, Facebook.