Michael Herger wrote: >> Has Microsoft every acquired a company where the acquisition was a >> success? > > I think they neither developped Excel from scratch nor SQL server.
SQL server wasn't a corporate acquisition; rather, it was a licensing deal with Sybase (who are still around, and still publish their own version of Sybase SQL Server). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SQL_Server#History - Marc _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
