Groove Networks was a software company based in Beverly, Massachusetts. Founded by Ray Ozzie, the creator of IBM's

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application, the privately held company specialized in

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that allows multiple users to work collaboratively on computer files simultaneously. On March 10, 2005,

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announced that they had purchased Groove Networks for $120 million. Microsoft has first used the collaboration software as Microsoft SharePoint Workspace, which is discontinued. The technology is now used in

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within

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. , the servers hosting Groove 2.5n, a

DropBox Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by the American company Dropbox, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, U.S. that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software. Dropbox was founded in 2007 ...

-like application, were still operational.

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Microsoft SharePoint Workspace
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