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Microsoft 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. Othe
by astrodust 10y ago
Microsoft 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.