Companies "dead carpet" after the Microsoft
Not only Nokia phones, the list of companies that "dead carpet" after the Microsoft also Hotmail , WebTV, aQuantive .... - Buy time: 1998 Microsoft bought its first web-based email provider, HoTMaiL, in 1998, at a rumor price of $ 400-500 million. Hotmail account is still used today, but Microsoft admitted it was a break-even business and was used to transfer traffic from strategic products like Bing or Office 365. Navision - Purchase price: $ 1.54 billion - Buy time: July 11, 2002 After acquiring Great Plain Software, a value accounting application company in 2001, estimated at $ 1.1 billion, Microsoft took another step to consolidate its position in the enterprise management system by The acquisition of Navision, a Danish company, has also developed similar products but has a better place in the European market. Both are pre-installed in Microsoft Dynamics, along with Navision and Great Plain, which are four powerful handsets in the field.