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Synergy is the great will-o'-the-wisp of mergers, and although I think there's a plausible case that some real value will be created because of this deal than otherwise would have been (click here for some thoughts on this issue), the only question that matters is whether that value will be equal to the premium AOL is paying for Time Warner's shares.
Furthermore, "standardization" is not some will-o'-the-wisp notion whose stock rises and falls upon weekly pronouncements from what Duffy/Cary call "the hushed groves of academia."