Comments on: How Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary became rich https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-shark-tanks-kevin-oleary-became-rich/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-shark-tanks-kevin-oleary-became-rich David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Wed, 13 May 2026 11:10:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave Farquhar https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-shark-tanks-kevin-oleary-became-rich/#comment-56692 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 22:39:07 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=36432#comment-56692 In reply to S.M. Oliva.

No apology needed!

]]> By: S.M. Oliva https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-shark-tanks-kevin-oleary-became-rich/#comment-56691 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:26:52 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=36432#comment-56691 Forgive the self-promotion, but I published a detailed article a couple months back explaining the entire chain of mergers and acquisitions that created the monstrosity that was SoftKey. One interesting piece of trivia: When SoftKey merged with Spinnaker and WordStar International in 1994, WordStar was technically the surviving entity, although it took the SoftKey name and moved to Spinnaker’s offices in Boston. So the company acquired by Mattel could trace its roots back all the way to the 1970s, when MicroPro International–the original name for WordStar–formed.

https://smoliva.com/index.php?post/2024/08/07/What-The-Learning-Company-Taught-Us-About-the-History-of-Computer-Software

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