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by ramesh31 1210 days ago
>Microsoft bought Access, PowerPoint, Flight Simulator, Skype, GitHub, LinkedIn, etc

Don't forget Excel, and even the original MS-DOS. In fact it would be hard to name a single successful Microsoft product that wasn't an acquisition.

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Given the typical failure rate of acquisitions, this is even more impressive.
Excel was not an acquisition. Not sure where you got that from.
Windows?
Xbox?