happymat27 > 'Alias Research and Wavefront Technologies were purchased and merged by Silicon Graphics in 1995. I think that it was a very different approach to that which Autodesk has used in this case. Rather than buying out and re-branding, Silicon Graphics merged and evolved it's new purchases under the new name 'Alias Wavefront'.'

While it isn't exactly the same, it still is very similar in my opinion - One big company buys two smaller companies and two seperate apps were then merged into one.