For example, the maker of spreadsheets, Lotus Development Corp. was acquired by IBM (IBM).

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She was an executive at Lotus Development, which struggled against Microsoft before being acquired by IBM in 1995.

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For almost 20 years, Neil has worked with the likes of Chiquita Brands, Levi Strauss and Lotus Development Corp.

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Lotus position IBM'S LOTUS DEVELOPMENT subsidiary cried foul when we wrote that Microsoft was gaining momentum in the e-mail and groupware market (Aug. 10, 1998).

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These investors include Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lotus Development founder Mitch Kapor, Angel investor Dave McClure, and a scion of the Bechtel family whom Fuentes knew from business school.

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Some of the earliest information started flowing to Bauer in 1995, Bill Clinton was in his first term as president, when Lotus Development Corporation (Remember Lotus 1-2-3 and Lotus Notes) was purchased by IBM.

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After all, Lotus Development Corp.

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According to the letter from UCITA's Ring, the following software industry organizations are supporting the draft -- industry antipiracy body the Business Software Alliance (14 members, among those Microsoft Corp, Lotus Development Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc.), the Software Information Industry Association, Silicon Valley Software Industry Coalition and the Computer Software Industry Association.

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