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'''Boone''' 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] Unfortunately, everyone was laid off in October 1983. [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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'''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] 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]
  
Boone eventually went into dry erase boards and other office supplies and was bought by Fortune Brands in 1999. [http://www.press-enterprise.com/newsarchive/1999/10/23/940649195.html] It 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]
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Mike Boone began selling self-made dry erase boards in 1984 while still at Stanford.  In 1989, he formed a new company called Boone International to market these boards and other office supplies.  This company was bought by Fortune Brands in 1999. [http://www.press-enterprise.com/newsarchive/1999/10/23/940649195.html] It 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, online resources (see [[#Links|Links]])
 
'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, online resources (see [[#Links|Links]])

Revision as of 04:06, 4 December 2010

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] Unfortunately, everyone was laid off in October 1983 and the company suspended operations. [2] A group of former Boone programmers led by Brian Fargo went on to start Interplay. [3]

Mike Boone began selling self-made dry erase boards in 1984 while still at Stanford. In 1989, he formed a new company called Boone International to market these boards and other office supplies. This company was bought by Fortune Brands in 1999. [4] It is now owned by ACCO Brands, the result of a 2005 merger between ACCO World (spun off from Fortune Brands) and General Binding Corporation. [5]

Research Methods: Actual mentions, 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)
  • Robin Hood (US Publisher: Xonox)

?

  • Championship Golf: Pebble Beach???
  • Moodies???

Links