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- From: johnv@acix.DIALix.oz.au (John Verhoeven)
- Subject: Re: FEDERATION AGAINST STEFAN BOBERG (& other pirate stuff)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- References: <1992Nov15.221705.14399@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- Message-ID: <johnv.03li@acix.DIALix.oz.au>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 21:35:40 WST
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- Jeff Hanna (sacke@gn.ecn.purdue.edu) wrote:
- > In article <johnv.03kx@acix.DIALix.oz.au> johnv@acix.DIALix.oz.au (John Verhoeven) writes:
- > >Reminds me of Discovery Software (remember Marauder, one of the first
- > >disk copiers) after they starting putting out games (Arkanoid etc) they
- > >stopped doing anything to Marauder...
- >
- > My brother worked for Discovery for a while. They were not a cracking group
- > gone good. Discovery was actually a very respectable programming house. It is
-
- I did not mean to imply otherwise. It was an illustration of how peoples
- & firms attitudes change when they start branching out into other areas.
-
- > Unfortunately Discovery wasn't able to handle the rapid expansion that occured
- > after Sword of Sodan started raking in big bucks for them. Things started
- > sour, and eventually they folded.
-
- Books I have read say that that's the hardest trick, going from a small
- company to a largish one. Often the firms original founders do not have
- the required skills to manage the transition. Either they find someone
- who has or go under...
-
- --
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- John Verhoeven johnv@acix.DIALix.oz.au _--_|\
- Treasurer, Amiga Developers (ALT: johnv@DIALix.oz.au) / \
- Association of Western Australia Phone: (+619) 478 1406 *_.--._/
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