Central Point Software

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Central Point Software

Industry	Software Development
Founded	1980; 44 years ago (1980) in Central Point, Oregon
Founder	Michael Burmeister-Brown
Defunct	1994 (1994)
Fate	Acquired by Symantec
Headquarters	Beaverton
Parent	Gen Digital

Central Point Software, Inc. (CP, CPS, Central Point) was a leading software utilities maker for the PC market, supplying utilities software for the MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows markets. It also produced Apple II copy programs. Through a series of mergers, the company was acquired by Symantec in 1994.