"Frank, Jersey Shore, USA
The IT graveyard is littered with the refuse of once-great tools that were "acquired" by larger companies and then jettisoned after they were cannibalized for their "superior" content. Examples: Foxpro (bought by Microsoft), dBASE (bought by Borland), Opcode (makers of Vision and bought by Gibson), Gigastudio (bought by Tascam), and the list goes on and on. "

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