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Forethought, Inc.

Forethought, Inc. was a computer software company, best known as the original developers of what is now Microsoft PowerPoint.

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Founded
1983; 43 years ago (1983)
Founders
Rob Campbell · Taylor Pohlman
Industry
Software
Defunct
1987 (1987)
Fate
Acquired by Microsoft in 1987
Type
Private

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Forethought, Inc.

Nodes12
Edges11
Triples35
Avg. degree1.83
Density0.166667
Components1

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Forethought, Inc.

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related to history · 28
Forethought, Inc. → Also, Apple, Apple Computer, Dennis Austin, Early, Factfinder, FileMaker, Forethought, Foundation, Gaskins, Glenn Partners, In, Inc, Lameroux, Macintosh, MacWare, Nashoba Systems, New Enterprise Associates, Nutshell, PC
Founders · 2
Forethought, Inc. → Rob Campbell, Taylor Pohlman
Defunct · 1
Forethought, Inc. → 1987 (1987)
Fate · 1
Forethought, Inc. → Acquired by Microsoft in 1987
Founded · 1
Forethought, Inc. → 1983; 43 years ago (1983)
Industry · 1
Forethought, Inc. → Software
Type · 1
Forethought, Inc. → Private

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Forethought, Inc.Defunct1987 (1987)1.00infobox
Forethought, Inc.FateAcquired by Microsoft in 19871.00infobox
Forethought, Inc.Founded1983; 43 years ago (1983)1.00infobox
Forethought, Inc.FoundersRob Campbell1.00infobox
Forethought, Inc.FoundersTaylor Pohlman1.00infobox
Forethought, Inc.IndustrySoftware1.00infobox
Forethought, Inc.TypePrivate1.00infobox
Forethought, Inc.related to historyIn0.60section
Forethought, Inc.related to historyRob Campbell0.60section
Forethought, Inc.related to historyTaylor Pohlman0.60section
Forethought, Inc.related to historyApple Computer0.60section
Forethought, Inc.related to historyForethought0.60section

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