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To: dumbmoney who wrote (73104)	5/17/2001 8:21:54 AM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Re: You mean like they bought out IBM? Or were you thinking of Wordperfect? Microsoft doesn't buy out its competitors, it buys their competitor's business by giving away software that is similar to the core products of those competitors. That they do this isn't even a question or issue. Remember Ballmer's classic "cut off their oxygen" statement? Dan

To: dumbmoney who wrote (73104)	5/17/2001 1:22:37 PM
From: Don Green	Respond to of 93625

dumbmoney >MSFT doesn't know how to compete, it only knows how to buy out it's competitors. Do you think they will buy out Sony too? Here are just a few quick examples of the Microsoft creative "deep pocket" process Microsoft Buys Into Privacy ... LOOK FOR, Wired ... Microsoft Buys Into Privacy by Scott Kirsner 3:41 pm Apr. 9, 1998 PDT. With its purchase ... www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,11586,00.html Microsoft buys NetCarta - Tech News - CNET.com ... Microsoft buys NetCarta By Christine MacDonald Staff Writer, CNET News.com December 10, 1996, 7:15 am PT ... news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-315050.html?tag=rltdnws Microsoft buys Hotmail - Tech News - CNET.com ... Microsoft buys Hotmail By Jeff Pelline Staff Writer, CNET News.com January 3, 1998, 9:00 am PT ... news.cnet.com/News/Item/0,4,17725,00.html Microsoft Buys Great Plains - Finance - M&A ... Microsoft Buys Great Plains. Is Microsoft about to turn the accounting software market on its head? Joseph Radigan, CFO.com, Dec 21, 2000. ... www.cfo.com/Article/1,4610,,00.html?article=1831 - 69k Microsoft Buys 'Marathon' Game Maker ... , Microsoft Buys 'Marathon' Game Maker By Jennifer Earl Associate Producer posted: 12:38 pm ET 19 June 2000, , ... www.space.com/battlestations/bungie_microsoft_000619.html Microsoft buys Visio for $1.3 billion ... zzz. Microsoft buys Visio for $1.3 billion TalkBack! By Margaret Kane ZDNet News September 15, 1999 6:14 AM PT. ... www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2334340,00.html - 54k Microsoft Buys LinkExchange For $250 Million CMP's TechWeb, ... Microsoft Buys LinkExchange For $250 Million (11/06/98, 12:02 pm ET) By Malcolm Maclachlan, TechWeb News ... www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19981106S0006 - 40k Microsoft Buys Zoomit CMP's TechWeb, ... Wednesday, July 7, 1999, 5:19 PM ET. Enterprise Directory Play: Microsoft Buys Zoomit. ... www.internetwk.com/story/INW19990707S0007 Microsoft buys stake in keyword firm ... Try our Advanced Search. Microsoft buys stake in keyword firm, ... Tue, 14 Mar 2000 14:02:19 GMT. Reuters. ... www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2000/10/ns-14059.html Microsoft Buys Into ERP Space ... Microsoft Buys Into ERP Space ... Microsoft Adds Interactive TV Partners (01-Dec ... 16-Nov-00) Microsoft Unveils B2B ... Story Companies Personalize Web Insurance Services ... www.crmdaily.com/perl/story/6287.html Microsoft Buys WebTV ... Microsoft Buys WebTV. ... Jim writes, "Hi Dave, See attached URL for some Web TV news. Thanks!". Microsoft to buy WebTV in $425 million deal! ... browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/microsoft173.html