I can't get to that link from work, but I read about it at
www.eq2players.com as well. (I'm about sick of this firewall here making me work instead of obsess over EQ. Damn RL Anyway!)
I'm kind of looking forward to the merges though. Yes, there will be some crazy times with the market for a few weeks until things balance, but overall, I think we'll all win out by means of more people to group with, more harvesting going on (meaning more for sale on the brokers), etc...
Of course for those of us that (may or may not) use certain "game-playing enhancements" from this site, well, could mean more chances of getting caught too.
Won't really know until it happens. But I'm gearing up for a big guild recruitment drive when mine merges.