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Daydream Software
Daydream Software was a Sweden, Swedish video game developer founded in 1994. They released four games (with another in the works) before closing in 2003. History Early years (1994–1996) Daydream Software was established in November 1994 in Umeå, Sweden. Its founding members were Jan Phersson-Broburg, Erik Phersson, Jörgen Isaksson, Nigel Papworth and Leif Holm. All but Papworth were employees of Sombrero AB, a local computer services company co-founded by Isaksson and the Phersson brothers in 1993. Daydream initially formed for the purpose of making ''Safecracker (video game), Safecracker'', a project conceived earlier in 1994 by Papworth and Isaksson, influenced by ''Myst'' and the board game ''Mastermind (board game), Mastermind''. The company's founders chose to make nonviolent gameplay their guiding principle in ''Safecracker'' and all future titles. Daydream soon obtained a handshake deal with publisher Warner Music Sweden for ''Safecracker'', but this arrangement fell t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange (listed company), which facilitates the trade of shares, or not (unlisted public company). In some jurisdictions, public companies over a certain size must be listed on an exchange. In most cases, public companies are ''private'' enterprises in the ''private'' sector, and "public" emphasizes their reporting and trading on the public markets. Public companies are formed within the legal systems of particular states, and therefore have associations and formal designations which are distinct and separate in the polity in which they reside. In the United States, for example, a public company is usually a type of corporation (though a corporation need not be a public company), in the United Kingdom it is usually a public limited company (plc), i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
