Microsoft acquiring N-Trig?

The Verge is quoting an Israeli paper that Microsoft is purchasing N-Trig and its 190 employees for $200 million. http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/12/8024975/microsoft-acquires-n-trig-rumor

 

I didn't realize N-trig was that small... Looks like Wacom is worth ~$900 million. Maybe they were planning on doing this all along and Wacom was too expensive =P. They partnered with Nokia well before buying them.

 

$1 million per employee, seems like a bargain to me.

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If I were an N-trig employee, I'd try to negotiate separately with MS. Give me $500,000 and I'll quit my job and come work with you =)

 

I think the IP N-Trig has was just as important as the N-Trig Team....

 

Well of course, but that is less fun to joke about.

 

So will this become like a Samsung-Wacom type partnership or will we be seeing more companies now using Synaptic based tech?

 

I can't remember: were any N-Trig devices announced at CES? Idle speculation alert: perhaps N-Trig's customers were already moving to other tech and Microsoft had to move in to keep their supplier alive?

 

That is a good point. Isn't the only other line currently using N-trig the Viao (which was sold off by sony).

 

That's what I'm thinking. The newest Acers are Synaptics, right?