Replying to a message of /m to Frank Haber:

 /> I suspect the reason Microsoft purchased them was to pull the free
 /> tools off the market, and to limit the effectiveness of future
 /> versions of those tools.

They did that to a European company that had a native OS/2 product that allowed
one to run *any* M$ OS as a client under it.  I have a box here configured with
it, and with W95 and W98 virtual machines under it, it's kind of neat to play with.

 /> To Microsoft, the cost of buying the company was a drop in the bucket,
 /> well worth it for the ability to pull their tools off the market or
 /> cripple them.

Yep.  Also eliminates any possible source(s) of competition.

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