Some people hate the company, but for the most part, those are the people that are advocates of the other big companies (storm and brunswick). These other companies seem to resent the success of Ebonite to a degree, but even that being said, there isn't a great contingent of these people.
As far as what they have done for the other companies under their control, it seems like nothing but positives. Hammer was faultering, and now they have a good high end line, great value at the raw hammer series price point, and one of the most successful lines with the Black Widows.
Track had some success with their stuff prior to ebonite buying them out, but the kinetic and temper have been pretty good, and the rising also looks good. Columbia underwent a great deal of difficulty with the bully line, and the action line has had mixed success. They have since come out with the rival and resurgence, both of which look quite good.
The only negative that I can see, is the strategic placement of these companies, though even this can be seen as a positive in some ways. Columbia doesn't have any asyms out right now and tends to have rollier equipment, while Track has more angular stuff. If one likes to mix and match companies, they can get a great variety of stuff, but if they want to stick to either Columbia or Track, their choices are a bit more limited (especially with Columbia and their symmetrical stuff that can not really be tuned like the asyms of Track).
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