Microsoft bought 2.88% stake WavePhore (radio & tv equipment – changed to NewsPak) in 1998
wsj.com/articles/SB8892…
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Microsoft bought stake (licensing & IP) General Magic (software developers, tablet operating systems) in 1998
news.microsoft.com/1998…
Microsoft bought 8% stake Lernout & Hauspie Speech (speech recognition technology) in 1997
news.microsoft.com/1997…
Microsoft bought Hotmail (web-based email service) in 1997
news.microsoft.com/1997…
Microsoft bought 2.88% stake WavePhore (radio & tv equipment) in 1997
cnet.com/news/wavephore…
Microsoft bought 10% stake E-Stamp in (stamp printer hardware device – at the time under review by the USPS) 1997
cnet.comMicrosoft, AT&T invest in E-Stamp
Microsoft bought 8% stake Lernout & Hauspie Speech (speech recognition technology) in 1997
news.microsoft.com/1997…
Microsoft bought VXtreme (streaming video solutions) in 1997
news.microsoft.com/1997…
Microsoft bought LinkAge Software (e-mail connectivity & directory synchronization software – Microsoft Exchange Server) in 1997
news.microsoft.com/1997…
Microsoft bought Cooper & Peters (object-oriented user-interface framework technologies for Java) in 1997
news.microsoft.com/1997…