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Re:Microsoft $69B deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision ... by vissidarte_choi on Sunday October 15, 2023 @01:39AM (#37887171)
And then, MS bought GitHub, OpenAI...
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Re:Microsoft $69B deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision ... by sitkack on Sunday October 15, 2023 @01:43AM (#37887203)
Hotmail, DOS, Windows NT (Dave Cutler from DEC)
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Re:Microsoft $69B deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision ... by dagw on Sunday October 15, 2023 @08:39AM (#37889253)
I don't think NT belongs on the list as it was entirely developed in house. Sure the lead developer had designed an OS while at DEC and NT built upon his experience from that, but it was still a entirely new OS
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Re:Microsoft $69B deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision ... by sitkack on Monday October 16, 2023 @01:28AM (#37896202)
There was no in house talent behind it. Dave already knew what he was gonna build before he arrived. Yeah, compared to the others that came in wholesale, I think NT still counts as an acquisition.
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