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Article #699Re: Origin Systems buyout
From: Chandra Bajpai
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 13:38
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 13:38
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In article <rdippold.716447869@cancun> rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes: >ron@zooid.guild.org (Secret Mud) writes: >>From: cat@wixer.cactus.org (Dr. Cat) >>> Origin Systems put out a press release today announcing that they have >>>made an agreement to become part of Electronic Arts in exchange for a stock >>>swap. Whether this will have much effect on the company will remain to be >>>seen... >>> Dr. Cat > >>Whaaat? That's certainly very suprising. I can't see why Origin would do it. > >I'd guess EA's deep deep pockets and distribution/advertising power. >Combine that with Origin's name and programming and... >-- What sort of games does Origin make? -Chandra
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Newsgroups: rec.games.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!news.cs.brandeis.edu!chaos.cs.brandeis.edu!topgun From: topgun@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Chandra Bajpai) Subject: Re: Origin Systems buyout Message-ID: <1992Sep14.133842.27749@news.cs.brandeis.edu> Sender: news@news.cs.brandeis.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Brandeis University References: <716404431.14118@zooid.guild.org> <rdippold.716447869@cancun> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 13:38:42 GMT Lines: 30