mel the bell wrote: » prolly to kill it off like everything theyve "aquired" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13343600
guesser wrote: » Normally when microsoft buy something it's to save them having to write their own.
fogartylee wrote: » haha - ?5.2bn!! Don't they know you can download it for free??
Jimmo wrote: » That's true even MS-DOS (nee Q-DOS) was bought in off a friend of Bill Gates.
murtceps wrote: » And windows bought from Everest :D I'll get me Coat!!
murtceps wrote: » It'll never work again.
thx1138 wrote: » well, I remember similar threads when ebay bought it
murtceps wrote: » Did they "buy it now" or was it an auction.
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Normally when microsoft buy something it's to save them having to write their own.
ha ha.
And windows bought from Everest :D
I'll get me Coat!!
you didn't expect them to be doing that today, did you.
"Are you sure you want to call your mother?"
Maybe its skypes recent outage that impressed Microsoft.
Did they "buy it now" or was it an auction.
hope they gave themselves decent feedback
wonder if they sniped themselves at the last second