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Berkeley was bought out by Sierra - formerly Sierra On-Line -

05:00 AM Apr. 02, 1997 PT

Berkeley Systems Inc.'s dream of going public has ended in acquisition. The wacky creator of the irreverent trivia game You Don't Know Jack and the popular After Dark screensavers has been snapped up by a mega-merchandiser of travel and cars - and a little software.

CUC International, which told Wired News on Tuesday that it had acquired Berkeley but has not yet announced the deal, saw US$1.94 billion in revenues in 1996 from its core business in shopping clubs. CUC charges dues to members who participate in its discount merchandising programs like Travelers Advantage and Net Market

Show Me The Money

MOVING ON UP. MoveOn is keeping its vow to target federal legislators who went after President Clinton's impeachment with its "We will remember" campaign. In the days before the June 30 FEC reporting deadline, the advocacy group solicited contributions to five candidates and raised an unprecedented $250,000 in five days through its Web site. Some 92 percent of contributions were less than $50, according to co-founders Wes Boyd and Joan Blades. "Because (online fund-raising) costs are so low, we can support low dollar amount contributions from the broadest group of ordinary citizens and actually give the contributions to candidates and not the post office. It opens a whole new source of support for candidates from ordinary people," Boyd said. Candidates who received funds are challenging incumbents who supported impeachment. In its short lifetime (the site was started last fall), some 500,000 Internet users have signed MoveOn petitions and pledged $13.4 million in support. The group has logged 750,000 volunteer hours for election of candidates in 2000.

I wonder if these people are related to Joan Blades?

Panamanian Roberto Blades, brother of multi-talented Latin artist Rubén Blades, became seriously involved in music after dropping his plan of joining the U.S. Air Force. In 1981, Miami-based musicians joined him to assemble a tropical orchestra called Inmensidad, topping the charts with "Lágrimas" and "Ya No Regreso Contigo" soon after. After teaming up with Latin music entrepreneur Emilio Estefan Jr., songwriter and producer Roberto Blades achieved his first Grammy awards for his work alongside Gloria Estefan and Marc Anthony, and the first one on his own for Encore, a collection of his greatest hits. ~ Drago Bonacich, All Music Guide