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Microsoft has been around for almost 50 years, though. They must do something right?
by nkkollaw 10y ago
Microsoft has been around for almost 50 years, though. They must do something right?
- astrodust 10y agoMicrosoft has acquired very few products, and of those a shockingly slim number have succeeded. I can only think of Excel as being the real survivor here. Others, like SoftImage, were a fleeting acquisition. Many more were buried alive.
- tonyplee 10y agoDOS is a acquired product, for $50k? :-) They only finally disable cmd.exe in the latest update. .bat files still run.
- astrodust 10y agoSomehow I overlooked that, but it's true, that's their first and most significant acquisition. They didn't buy the company or talent, mind you, just the software.