[geeks] Microsoft Surface...

[velociraptor]

On 5/31/07, Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:
> On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 05:19:03AM -0400, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> > STAC.
> > OLE ripped off from Wang.
> > Linux "patent infringement".
> > The OS/2 betrayal.
> > The Gary Kildalll CPM/QDOS ripoff.
> > Gates perjuring himself (though not charged) when giving evidence in
> > court.
> > "The IE browser is inseparable from the OS."
> > The great news about "Cairo" which turned out to be Windows 98.
> > "Ziff" as a verb.
> > Let me know when to stop.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_acquired_by_Microsoft_Corporation
>
> "Nah, let's not do any development on our own, just find a company that
> already does it, and buy it.."
>
> (of course, Google's list of acquisitions is impressive too)

That's R&D in the 20th & 21st Centuries.  Check: Cisco, Lucent,
Nortel, EMC, etc.

=Nadine=