Elektronorgtechnica
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Industry | Import/Export of electronics |
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Founded | 1971 |
Defunct | 2005 |
Fate | Sold to The Tetris Company in 2005 |
Headquarters | , |
Parent | Ministry of Foreign Trade of the USSR (until 1989) |
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Elektronorgtechnica (also spelled Electronorgtechnica, Russian: Всесою́зное Объедине́ние «Электро́норгтехника», romanized: Vsesoyúznoye Obyedinéniye "Elektrónorgtekhnika"), better known abbreviated as ELORG (Элорг), was a state owned organization with a monopoly on the import and export of computer hardware and software in the Soviet Union.[1] It was controlled by the Ministry of Foreign Trade of the USSR from 1971 to 1989.[2]
The company was associated with the export of Soviet design calculators, Electronika being one brand that was exported, rebranding them as ELORG products.[3] Elorg also marketed the Agat computer,[4] and imported IBM computers into the Soviet Union, starting with the IBM System/360 Model 50 in 1971.[5]
In 1991 Elorg was turned into a private business by its director, Nikoli Belikov.[6] Elorg was sold to the Tetris Company in January 2005 for $15 million.[7]
Tetris
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ELORG was responsible for the licensing of the popular video game Tetris.[8] Tetris was written by salaried programmers at the Soviet Academy of Sciences, which was not allowed to carry out commercial activities directly.[1] As the game was owned by the state, all rights to the game worldwide were handled by ELORG.[9] In 1996 ELORG was reportedly a privatised Russian company which has retained the rights to the Tetris trademark.[10][11]
ELORG was a partner in The Tetris Company which licences the Tetris name to game companies, along with Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov and businessman Henk Rogers. Elorg was a 50 percent owner in the company until Rogers and Pajitnov bought ELORG's remaining rights around 2005.[12][13]
References
- ^ a b "Интеллектуальная собственность / Тетрис". Kommersant. 12 September 1995. Archived from the original on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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- ^ "New Chips". Byte Magazine. 9 (12). 1984. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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- ^ "Tetris Story" Archived 2006-08-21 at the Wayback Machine by Vadim Gerasimov, accessed April 15, 2007
- ^ PR Newswire - "Tetris Inventor Gets His Due in Historic Russia/US Joint Venture" Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 1, 2006
- ^ The Tetris Taxonomy - "Putting the puzzle pieces back together: Alexey Pajitnov has a new game plan for Tetris." Archived 2006-06-22 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 1, 2006
- ^ Hartley, Matt (2009-06-06). "Rock around the blocks - The Globe and Mail". Toronto. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
- ^ Remo, Chris (2009-09-10). "The Man Who Won Tetris". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
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- Companies of the Soviet Union
- Computing in the Soviet Union
- Computer companies of Russia
- Companies based in Moscow
- Defunct companies of Russia
- Electronics companies disestablished in 2005
- Electronics companies established in 1971
- Ministry of Foreign Trade (Soviet Union)
- 1971 establishments in the Soviet Union
- 2005 disestablishments in Russia