[rsvidal]

"We are committing to implementing Mendeley’s existing product development roadmap, and giving the company the space to “let Mendeley be Mendeley.”" - http://elsevierconnect.com/elsevier-welcomes-mendeley/

[PeterisP]

I'd be rich if I had a penny for each time such promises were publicly made when acquiring a company and broken within less than 12 months.

Even right here on HN there have been many posts about such situations some time after acquisitions; and Elsvier reasonably does have practical motivation to interfere here and there.

Such arms-length separations are often published in mergers&acquisitions PR and practically never happen in practice, they all get abused - should we really believe that Elsevier is so exceptionally more etchical than most other companies?

They have that "remote" in their hands. They have promised not to use it. Will they?

[freshhawk]

And from a company with such a reputation of truthful public statements!