A couple years ago, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina proposed merging Hewlett-Packard and Compaq, even in the face of opposition from the HP heirs. She argued that the maturity of the computer market necessitated such a change. More recently, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison foresaw maturation in his market. It too was justification (in his eyes) for his hostile takeover of PeopleSoft.
Citation:
Shane Greenstein, "Not a mellifluous march to maturity," IEEE Micro, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 104, 102-103, Jan./Feb. 2005, doi:10.1109/MM.2005.19