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In 1998, Opcode was bought by Gibson Guitar Corporation. Development on Opcode products ceased in 1999. A Max/MSP patch written and used by Autechre Max is a graphical development environment for music and multimedia developed and maintained by San Francisco-based software company Cycling74. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Gibson Les Paul Standard Gibson Guitar Corporation is one of the worlds best-known manufacturers of acoustic and electric guitars. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
When Gibson bought Opcode in May 1998, Opcode was on the brink of insolvency.
Opcode projected that it would become profitable again, to such an extent that the acquisition agreement provided for a retroactive increase in the purchase price, if certain performance targets were met (an "earnout").
Halaby announced to Opcode that he would be leaving to form Zero Crossing, contingent, of course, on the successful completion of the spinoff agreement.
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