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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: Lord C on 29 March 2006, 02:01

Title: MS Acquisitions
Post by: Lord C on 29 March 2006, 02:01

Check this out (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Microsoft_Corporation).

I was actually surprised, I thought there'd be more by-outs.

Title: Re: MS Acquisitions
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 29 March 2006, 04:23

That's strange ...

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Investments

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)

Title: Re: MS Acquisitions
Post by: Orethrius on 29 March 2006, 08:55

Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H

That's strange ...

 IIRC, that was a decision made by Paul Allen to diversify Microsoft's portfolio.
Sinister? Yes.
Good business sense? The best.

Title: Re: MS Acquisitions
Post by: Refalm 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).