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Jean-Louis Gassée, an Uncommon card
Jean-Louis Gassée is a business executive.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 25
- Power
- 83
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 20,000
Power 83 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Jean-Louis Gassée quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jean-Louis Gassée card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He also founded Be Inc., creators of the BeOS computer ______ system.
Answer
operating. He also founded Be Inc., creators of the BeOS computer operating system. From the Jean-Louis Gassée article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
After leaving Be, he became Chairman of PalmSource, Inc. in November ____.
Answer
2000s. After leaving Be, he became Chairman of PalmSource, Inc. in November 2004. From the Jean-Louis Gassée article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is best known as a former executive at Apple Computer, where he worked from 1981 to 1990.
- He also founded Be Inc., creators of the BeOS computer operating system.
- After leaving Be, he became Chairman of PalmSource, Inc. in November 2004.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jean-Louis Gassée article was read about 20,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 25: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Jean-Louis Gassée
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jean-Louis Gassée (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Γλωσσολαλιά, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
