Post AtoOuF2dXLS3OgKxt2 by johnlogic@sfba.social
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 (DIR) Post #AtoOuF2dXLS3OgKxt2 by johnlogic@sfba.social
       2025-05-06T05:42:58Z
       
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       Today Microsoft killed Skype, which it bought in 2011.This seems like a good day to remember some other casualties of Microsoft (through acquisition or cloning):Word PerfectVisiCalcActivision's Shanghai & Shanghai IIAnyone like to add to the list?
       
 (DIR) Post #AtoOuFWPkdGqt2GkIi by brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org
       2025-05-06T08:42:27Z
       
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       Lotus 123
       
 (DIR) Post #AtoP1K8qyMGpF5cd1c by brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org
       2025-05-06T08:43:07Z
       
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       also acquired Hotmail
       
 (DIR) Post #AtpPAFEmlovRnQbulc by johnlogic@sfba.social
       2025-05-06T15:03:38Z
       
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       @brettm Lotus Software was bought by IBM (and later HCL), not Microsoft.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_SoftwareWhen I lived in Austin, I made friends who worked there.
       
 (DIR) Post #AtpPAG9VMwIOdL9DAu by brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org
       2025-05-06T20:20:03Z
       
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       But Lotus 123 was the main spreasheet program businesses used, far superior to Excel. Microsoft destroyed their business by bundling Office with Windows.