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Lord C

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MS Acquisitions
« on: 29 March 2006, 02:01 »
Check this out.

I was actually surprised, I thought there'd be more by-outs.
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Re: MS Acquisitions
« Reply #1 on: 29 March 2006, 04:23 »
That's strange ...

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Since 1994, Microsoft has invested in about 140 companies world-wide, including:

    * @Home Solutions (1999)
    * Accel Partners (1998)
    * Akamai Technologies Inc (1999)
    * Ameranth (2000)
    * American City Business Journals (2001)
    * Amicore (2001)
    * Apple Computer Inc (1997)
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Re: MS Acquisitions
« Reply #2 on: 29 March 2006, 08:55 »
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That's strange ...

 IIRC, that was a decision made by Paul Allen to diversify Microsoft's portfolio.
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Re: MS Acquisitions
« Reply #3 on: 29 March 2006, 09:27 »
Most of those investments they did in the 90's do not affect 2006.
For example, they invested in UGC Europe (aka UPC). I'm using Internet and digital television off UPC.
They use Solaris for their servers, and they use Thompson's JAVA based digital cable decoders (instead of Microsoft's ones).
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