It is unfortunately easy to grow yourself out of a niche market. I would feel much more reassured if AC had sold itself to a larger software development firm than to a company that does educational programs. The only expertise they got for this was in marketing. Software developers don't grow on trees, and new ones don't hit the ground being productive as they first have to educate themselves on how the package works. Code is a language, and different programmers "say" things differently. (I have had to hire help for development of parts of my own software, and most of his time was spent figuring out how I had written the code in the first place).
I worry about small companies getting ambitious. "The noble Brutus has told you that Caesar was ambitious; if it were so it was a grievous fault, and grievously has Caesar answered for it...."
