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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (150858)	12/3/2001 6:11:37 PM
From: TGPTNDR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Wanna, Good answer ;^) . . Several years ago, Microsoft made a deal to buy Intuit, home of Quicken and Turbotax. That deal eventually fell through for a variety of reasons, but I have my doubts that it was ever real. The primary strategy for Microsoft going after Intuit was to get their retail business expertise. During their due-diligence visits, the Microsoft team figured out who at Intuit were the brains Microsoft wanted, and they recruited them. Those people are working today in important positions at Microsoft. Publicly the deal fell through, but Microsoft got what they wanted, saving $1.5 billion in the process. Those recruits weren't kismet, they were the point of the whole effort. . . pbs.org And that's what a monopoly can get away with. tgptndr