Tuesday, July 06, 2004

Macrovision closes InstallShield deal | CNET News.com

Macrovision closes InstallShield deal | CNET News.com: "Macrovision closes InstallShield deal
Last modified: July 1, 2004, 4:45 PM PDT
By John Borland
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

It'd doing all this stuff but yet no commercial offering other than macromedia central....

Macrovision said on Thursday that it has completed its $76 million purchase of InstallShield, a company that makes widely used software installation tools.
Santa Clara, Calif.-based Macrovision has been on a spending spree over the last several years, adding to its stable of technologies that help manage and protect software and other content against unauthorized copying. It hopes the addition of Schaumburg, Ill.-based InstallShield will help boost sales of its digital license management software. "

Flextronics on the prowl again....set to buy Deccanet Designs (The Economic Times)

Flextronics set to buy Deccanet Designs - The Economic Times: "Flextronics set to buy Deccanet Designs - VINU LAL - TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ TUESDAY, JULY 06, 2004 12:07:06 AM ]"

Confirms my earlier thinking that Flextronics is seeking to stake-out a position in telecom embedded software...