PKWare

Article summary

PKWARE, Inc. is an American enterprise data protection software company that provides discovery, classification, masking and encryption software, along with data compression software. The company is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. PKWARE was founded in 1986 by Phil Katz, co-inventor of the ZIP standard. Thompson Street Capital Partners acquired PKWARE Inc. in 2020.

Key claims

1. date of death: 2000 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 1986 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of foundation: 1986 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 1989-01-10 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. release date: 2004 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
6. release date: 2016 — 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 death is "2000". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1986". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the date of foundation is "1986". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the release date is "1989-01-10". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the release date is "2004". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. The record states that the release date is "2016". What evidence would count against this claim?
8. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
9. 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=1359640310