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re: Another Statement From The Bill Gates Fan Club
But Microsoft isn't the 1st company, NOR the last, that has bought another software company to add to it's talent pool.

Case in point: Symantec - 'nuff said - we know all about their history of aquisitions... And the crap they turn respectable products into.

MOST major players in the software biz, including Sun and Novell, have bought companies out to gain an instant placement in a given market.

And while we're at it, we can't possibly forget THE ultimate FAILURE in aqusitions: SCO - formerly Caldera - who bought DR DOS from Novell and sued. Then they bought out SCO, changed their name to SCO and sued. Gotta love a company run by trial lawyers...

And there must be mention of the Oracle/Peoplesoft deal just concluded last week.

So.. Microsoft bought a company. Big deal.
Posted by: Wolfie2K3   Posted on: 12/20/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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