the recent license purchess. IBM Company overview] Scroll down to Selected acquisitions. Spinoffs 1934 Dayton Scale Division is sold to the Hobart Manufacturing Company. 1942 Ticketograph Division is sold to the National Postal Meter Company. 1958 Time Equipment Division is sold to the Simplex Time Recorder Company. Taligent, a joint software venture with Apple Computer. Prodigy, formerly a joint venture with Sears, Roebuck and Company. AT&T Business Internet 1985 Satellite Business Systems sold to MCI Communications ARDIS mobile packet network, a joint venture with Motorola. Now Motient. 1991 Lexmark (keyboards, typewriters, and printers). IBM Retained a 10% interest.