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| Company type | Subsidiary ofMicrosoft |
|---|---|
| Founded | Canada |
| Headquarters | Canada |
Consumers Software was acomputer networking company based inCanada. The company created early spreadsheet utilities and later developed Network Courier, an email product based on the concept of one or more connected 'post offices'. The post office could be connected to legacy email systems, such as PROFS, DEC and other largely mainframe based email system usingconnectors.
Consumers Software was one of two companies sellingPC-LAN email systems at the time. The other wascc:Mail, based inCalifornia.
Consumers Software was acquired byMicrosoft on March 18, 1991, and merged its technology withMicrosoft Windows andMicrosoft Mail for PC Networks.[1] The Network Courier server development group became Microsoft Workgroup Vancouver, part of the Workgroup Computing Division of Microsoft, before being shut down, with its employees relocated to the main Microsoft campus inRedmond, Washington.[citation needed]
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)"Microsoft Corp. is entering the PC Electronic Mail Market with the acquisition of Consumer Software Inc. (CSI), a Vancouver, B.C."AllBusiness.com. 1991-03-18. Retrieved2008-04-13. | This article about a Canadian corporation or company is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |
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