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History

Brad Wardell Raymond E. Feist Riftwar Cycle Software development IBM

18 related topics

Litigation

Litigation Entrepreneur Trademark Declarative relief File format

14 related topics

Digital distribution

Stardock Central Impulse Steam Productivity KVM switch

11 related topics

Desktop enhancements and utilities

WindowBlinds IconPackager DeskScapes DesktopX Fences

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Founded: Livonia, Michigan (1991)
Industry: Computer software
Headquarters: Plymouth, Michigan, United States (June 18, 2005)
Key people: Brad Wardell (CEO)
Number of employees: 50+ (May 2012)
Revenue: $15 million (2009)

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Overview

History

Desktop enhancements and utilities

Ludography

Game developer Video game development
Self-published Video game publisher

Digital distribution

Stardock Central
Impulse Impulse (content delivery)
Steam Steam (service)
Productivity Productivity (economics)
KVM switch
Synchronized Synchronize
Hard drives Hard drive
Internet
Processes Process (computing)
Anti-virus
Anti-spyware

Litigation

Litigation Lawsuit
Entrepreneur Entrepreneur (magazine)
Trademark
Declarative relief Declaratory relief
File format
Open source Open-source software
OpenOffice.org
Word Microsoft Word
Excel Microsoft Excel
PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Office
Paul Reiche Paul Reiche III
Fred Ford Fred Ford (programmer)
Stardock Systems, Inc. v. Reiche

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Nodes77

Edges76

Triples149

Avg. degree1.97

Density0.025974

Components1

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Stardock

Top relations

related to Litigation · 30

Stardock → Brad Wardell, Business Tycoon, Entrepreneur, Excel, Ford, Fred Ford, GOG, However, IconPackager, II, In, In December, Inc, It, June, Litigation, Many, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, Paul Reiche

related to OS/2 era (1993–2001) · 19

Stardock → Avarice, Battle, Entrepreneur, Family FunPak, Galactic Civilizations, IBM, Microsoft Windows, Object Desktop, OS/2, OS/2 Essentials, Shipyards, Star Emperor, Stardock's, Stardock's OS/2, The, Trials, Wardell, Windows NT, With

related to Desktop enhancements and utilities · 17

Stardock → Components, DeskScapes, DesktopX, Fences, IconPackager, Mac OS, Multiplicity, Object Desktop, ObjectDock, Originally, OS/2, PC, SpaceMonger, Stardock's Object Desktop, WindowBlinds, WindowFX, Windows

related to Digital distribution · 14

Stardock → Drengin, GameStop, Having, Impulse, In, Initially, It, May, PC, Stardock Central, Stardock's, Strategy First, The, TotalGaming

related to Ludography · 14

Stardock → After, Ashes, Demigod, Doug Hendrix, Galactic Civilizations, Lightweight Ninja, Object Desktop, OS/2, PC, Singularity, Sins, Solar Empire, Stellar Frontier, The Corporate Machine

related to Windows era (1998–present) · 10

Stardock → Having, Neil Banfield, Object Desktop, OS/2, Stardock's, The, There, WindowBlinds, Windows, Windows XP

related to ThinkDesk · 9

Stardock → April, Impulse, March, Object Desktop, Subscriptions, The, They, ThinkDesk, TotalGaming

related to history · 5

Stardock → Brad Wardell, Feist's Riftwar Cycle, PC, Raymond, Wardell

related to WinCustomize · 2

Stardock → Microsoft Windows, WinCustomize

Founded · 1

Stardock → Livonia, Michigan (1991)

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Important terminology

windows company software os desktop games titles object pc galactic civilizations impulse stardock's game control wincustomize star users products development

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Stardock	Founded	Livonia, Michigan (1991)	1.00	infobox
Stardock	Headquarters	Plymouth, Michigan, United States (June 18, 2005)	1.00	infobox
Stardock	Industry	Computer software	1.00	infobox
Stardock	Key people	Brad Wardell (CEO)	1.00	infobox
Stardock	Number of employees	50+ (May 2012)	1.00	infobox
Stardock	Revenue	$15 million (2009)	1.00	infobox
Stardock	Type	Private	1.00	infobox
the Galactic Civilizations series.Stardock created	instance of	particularly strategy games	0.80	text
maintains WinCustomize	instance of	particularly strategy games	0.80	text
a graphical user interface customization community	instance of	particularly strategy games	0.80	text
and developed the Impulse digital distribution system before its sale to GameStop	instance of	particularly strategy games	0.80	text
its 2014 discontinuation	instance of	particularly strategy games	0.80	text

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