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General Magic

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General Magic was an organization headquartered in Mountain View .

General Magic

Summary

General Magic is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (684 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • General Magic is in the country of United States[3].
  • General Magic's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • General Magic's founder is recorded as Bill Atkinson[5].
  • General Magic's founder is recorded as Andy Hertzfeld[6].
  • General Magic's founder is recorded as Marc Porat[7].
  • General Magic's headquarters location is recorded as Mountain View[8].
  • +1990-05-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of General Magic[9].
  • General Magic was dissolved in +2002-09-17T00:00:00Z[10].
  • General Magic's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05xj05[11].
  • General Magic's location of formation is recorded as Mountain View[12].
  • General Magic's Quora topic ID is recorded as General-Magic[13].

Body

Founding

Founders include Bill Atkinson[5], Andy Hertzfeld[6], and Marc Porat[7]. +1990-05-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of General Magic[9]. Its location of formation is recorded as Mountain View[12].

Operations

General Magic's headquarters location is recorded as Mountain View[8].

Dissolution

General Magic was dissolved in +2002-09-17T00:00:00Z[10].

Why It Matters

General Magic ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (684 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

Related Entities

Bill Atkinson business Darin Adler Magic Cap United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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