Technically, it was a merger. They called it that due to tax and legal reasons.
>>> This sounds strange - but I heard that it was a merger. <<
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>In the same sense that a barracuda and a minnow merge. Microsoft acquired all Fox Software assets in return for $400 million (IIRC), which even in 1992 was only a fraction of Microsoft's value.
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>Mike
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