Know wonder we don't know what we're doing half the time!! -----copy----- >Subject: Say What? > >>["Who's on First?" appeared 14 December 1998 as a message posted >>on the soc.genealogy.computing newsgroup.] >> >>Let's see now ... >> >>The Learning Company bought Mindscape, which just released Family >>Tree Creator, which it bought from IMSI (where it was called >>Family Heritage), which bought it from Corel when it was called >>Family Tree Suite and had incorporated chart technology acquired >>from Progeny Software. >> >>The Learning Company also bought Broderbund, which bought Banner >>Blue (which had just bought Automated Archives) and its Family >>Tree Maker and then bought Parsons Technology, publishers of >>Family Origins. >> >>And The Learning Company recently bought Palladium, publishers of >>The Ultimate Family Tree, which it had bought from CommSoft, >>where it was known as Roots. >> >>TLC also owns another genealogy program called Family Tree, the >>roots of which are unknown to me. And it recently acquired the >>rights to the domain name genealogy.com, which had been used by a >>group interested in German genealogy. >> >>Now comes word that Mattel, the toy maker, is buying The Learning >>Company, giving rise to some interesting questions: >> >>Will Barbie be assisting Paul [Burchfield of TLC aka Broderbund >>aka Banner Blue] in answering questions about America's favorite >>genealogy toy? >> >>And which of the above genealogy programs is sophisticated enough >>to handle all the vagaries of the above genealogy of genealogy >>programs? >> >>Stay tuned ... it will only be a matter of time until Ken takes >>over genealogy. In fun (I think), >> >> Richard A. Pence <[email protected]>