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After his first game venture failed, Peter Molyneux started a baked bean export business. Commodore International mistakenly offered him ten free Amiga systems because they confused the baked bean company's name "Taurus" with a software company "Torus", and he used the hardware to create a database system for the Amiga, which was successful.

Which is just such a weird story.

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Due to the game's failure, Molyneux retreated from game design, and started Taurus Impex Limited—a company that exported baked beans to the Middle East—with his business partner Les Edgar.[5][6] Commodore International mistook it for Torus, a more established company that produced networking software, and offered to provide Molyneux with ten[5] free Amiga systems to help in porting "his" networking software.[2][7] Molyneux later said "it suddenly dawned on me that this guy didn't know who we were. I suddenly had this crisis of conscience. I thought, 'If this guy finds out, there go my free computers down the drain.' So I just shook his hand and ran out of that office."[2] Taurus designed a database system for the Amiga called Acquisition – The Ultimate Database for The Amiga[5] and, after clearing up the misunderstanding with Commodore, released the program to moderate success.

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[-] chardiemacdennis@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago

So we're going back to posts about beans now?

[-] Tronn4@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Lemmy taketh, Lemmy giveth

[-] troglodytis@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Beans are a natural source of protein -Brak

[-] dbilitated@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

feel free to post your own content. also what do you mean?

[-] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

A couple of months ago there was a period in which there were plenty of posts about beans. The posts and the comments built up the idea that the Lemmy identity was tied to beans. I guess that died down a bit.

[-] GONADS125@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It was a running joke about shitposting, hence posting beans (fuel for shitposting).

I'm not a fan of lame ass memes and puns so I blocked all those communities. No beans for me.

[-] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

What a beankill. Err, buzzkill.

[-] theragu40@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Your indignation at someone calling out the beanery of your post is somehow even funnier than the serendipitous inclusion of beans in the post. All around A+, bravo.

[-] dbilitated@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

you're absolutely welcome!

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

You must be new here

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

what do you bean?

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