FutureWave Software

Article summary

FutureWave Software, Inc. was a software development company based in San Diego, California, co-founded by Charlie Jackson and Jonathan Gay on January 22, 1993. The company is best known for developing FutureSplash Animator, a vector graphics web animation tool released in 1995. When Macromedia acquired FutureWave in December 1996, it renamed the product Macromedia Flash, which went on to become the dominant platform for interactive web content throughout the late 1990s and 2000s. After Macromedia's own acquisition by Adobe Systems in 2005, Flash was rebranded as Adobe Flash.

Key claims

1. date of foundation: 1993-01-22 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. release date: 1995 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1993-01-22". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the release date is "1995". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359442886