Cruising the net can have its benefits. So can following a luminary like Paul Thurrot.

This time, I ran across a thirty year history of Stardock in a virtual interview of Brad (aka frogboy, aka draginol) by none other than one of the folks whose knowledge of Windows and Microsoft I truly respect and enjoy, Paul Thurrott.

I'm not going to try to summarize the interview, since all the pleasure (and learning) come from reading the whole thing.

Another bonus: There's also a picture of Brad from thirty years ago.

You can find the article in the link above, or here: 

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/291219/stardock-at-30