"the software maker that is legendary for toiling on its own until it captures a new market"
Yeah, I choked on that one as well. Did you see the episode of The Simpsons where Bill 'bought out' Homer's thriving software business? Bill's goons just walked in and trashed the place. All Homer got was a mess to clean up. A good example of art imitating life. The aquisition of the technology of a better conpetitor by whatever means possible is an old ms tactic. In todays case look for a law suit from Yahoo after a sudden improvement in MSN's search offering. Nothing new here.
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"the software maker that is legendary for toiling on its own until it captures a new market"
Yeah, I choked on that one as well. Did you see the episode of The Simpsons where Bill 'bought out' Homer's thriving software business? Bill's goons just walked in and trashed the place. All Homer got was a mess to clean up. A good example of art imitating life. The aquisition of the technology of a better conpetitor by whatever means possible is an old ms tactic. In todays case look for a law suit from Yahoo after a sudden improvement in MSN's search offering. Nothing new here.