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Stuff to do

Build up a timeline of events mentioning the following stuff (in chronological order)

Lucasfilm created Habitat
Fujitsu licensed Habitat to create Fujitsu Habitat
Chip and Randy helped Fujitsu negotiate with Lucasfilm/Lucasarts (check the date) to buy the Habitat IP outright.
Chip and Randy sued Lucasfilm/Lucasarts over royalties related to the Fujitsu/Lucas deal. They eventually settled.
Fujitsu wanted Fujitsu Habitat II (Was a western audience always intended? Why didn't they develop it in Japan? was this because of the way things got lost in translation between Habitat and FJ Habitat? or was it just easier because Chip and Randy were in the USA to build it there and then localize for Japanese.
Mention the FINE plan presentation being made to Fujitsu Limited in Kawasaki, Japan on September 21, 1993.
Furukawa from Fujitsu Limited put Randy Farmer in charge of the Habitat II project in 1994.
Mention the funding by Fujitsu of the FINE plan and how this worked alongside the development of WA.
Mention Fujitsu passing on the right of first refusal in implementing the FINE plan.
Mention Electric Communities drafting the "Cyberspace Protocol Requirements" and them pitching it to venture capitalists in 1995. Once they got their first million dollar check, Electric Communities left the WorldsAway project.
Mention Randy and Chip leaving to continue on with Electric Communities and what would eventually end up being EC Habitats
Talk about WA all the way up to the sale of the WA division in May 1999.
Don't forget to mention Habitat II and Glass City

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 * Lucasfilm created Habitat
 * Fujitsu licensed Habitat to create Fujitsu Habitat
-* Fujitsu wanted to port Fujitsu Habitat to Windows and to market it to the west (get clarification on this last part, was a western audience always intended? why didn't they develop it in Japan? was this because of the way things got lost in translation between Habitat and FJ Habitat? or was it just easier because Chip and Randy were in the USA to build it there and then localise for Japanese.
+* Chip and Randy helped Fujitsu negotiate with Lucasfilm/Lucasarts (check the date) to buy the Habitat IP outright.
+* Chip and Randy sued Lucasfilm/Lucasarts over royalties related to the Fujitsu/Lucas deal. They eventually settled.
+* Fujitsu wanted Fujitsu Habitat II (Was a western audience always intended? Why didn't they develop it in Japan? was this because of the way things got lost in translation between Habitat and FJ Habitat? or was it just easier because Chip and Randy were in the USA to build it there and then localize for Japanese.
+* Mention the FINE plan presentation being made to Fujitsu Limited in Kawasaki, Japan on September 21, 1993.
+* Furukawa from Fujitsu Limited put Randy Farmer in charge of the Habitat II project in 1994.
 * Mention the funding by Fujitsu of the FINE plan and how this worked alongside the development of WA.
-* Mention Fujitsu passing on implementing the FINE plan.
+* Mention Fujitsu passing on the right of first refusal in implementing the FINE plan.
+* Mention Electric Communities drafting the "Cyberspace Protocol Requirements" and them pitching it to venture capitalists in 1995. Once they got their first million dollar check, Electric Communities left the WorldsAway project.
 * Mention Randy and Chip leaving to continue on with Electric Communities and what would eventually end up being EC Habitats
 * Talk about WA all the way up to the sale of the WA division in May 1999.
 * Don't forget to mention Habitat II and Glass City