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| − | '''Boone Corporation''' was a computer software company started by Stanford University student Mike Boone and was at one time appraised at more than $1 million. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8fwtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I88FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1127,3849767&dq=boone-corp&hl=en] | + | '''Boone Corporation''' was a computer software company started by Stanford University student Mike Boone and was at one time appraised at more than $1 million. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8fwtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I88FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1127,3849767&dq=boone-corp&hl=en] It was incorporated on September 17, 1982. [http://california.14thstory.com/boone-corporation.html] |
| − | Mike Boone began selling self-made dry erase boards in 1984 while still at Stanford. | + | Unfortunately, everyone was laid off in October 1983, and the company suspended operations. [http://forums.lostlevels.org/viewtopic.php?p=23225#23225] A group of former Boone programmers led by Brian Fargo went on to start Interplay. [http://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_rebecca_heineman.html] |
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| + | Mike Boone began selling self-made dry erase boards in 1984 while still at Stanford. [http://www.press-enterprise.com/newsarchive/1999/10/23/940649195.html] In 1989, he formed a new company called Boone International to market them. [http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=794047] This company was bought by Fortune Brands in 1999 [http://www.press-enterprise.com/newsarchive/1999/10/23/940649195.html] and is now owned by ACCO Brands, the result of a 2005 merger between ACCO World (spun off from Fortune Brands) and General Binding Corporation. [http://www.accobrands.com/AboutUs.aspx] | ||
'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, interviews, online resources (see [[#Links|Links]]) | '''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, interviews, online resources (see [[#Links|Links]]) | ||
Revision as of 14:10, 12 April 2011
Boone Corporation was a computer software company started by Stanford University student Mike Boone and was at one time appraised at more than $1 million. [1] It was incorporated on September 17, 1982. [2]
Unfortunately, everyone was laid off in October 1983, and the company suspended operations. [3] A group of former Boone programmers led by Brian Fargo went on to start Interplay. [4]
Mike Boone began selling self-made dry erase boards in 1984 while still at Stanford. [5] In 1989, he formed a new company called Boone International to market them. [6] This company was bought by Fortune Brands in 1999 [7] and is now owned by ACCO Brands, the result of a 2005 merger between ACCO World (spun off from Fortune Brands) and General Binding Corporation. [8]
Research Methods: Actual mentions, interviews, online resources (see Links)
Apple II
- Demon's Forge (rewrite) (US Publisher: Boone)
Commodore 64
- Chuck Norris Superkicks (US Publisher: Xonox)
- Final Eclipse (unreleased) (Boone)
VIC-20
- Chuck Norris Superkicks (US Publisher: Xonox)
- Crater Raider (US Publisher: Boone)
- Cyclon (US Publisher: Boone)
- Moodies in Iceland (unreleased) (Boone)
- Robin Hood (US Publisher: Xonox)
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- Championship Golf: Pebble Beach???
