Cosmi Corporation Explained

Cosmi Corporation (COSMI) is an American computer software company based in Carson, California.

Software publishing

Cosmi Corporation was established in 1982, founded by George Johnson.^[1] The company published titles for many personal computer systems such as the Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64 and IBM PC.^[2] This included many games, such as Forbidden Forest, The President Is Missing, or the very popular Aztec Challenge. It also published utility software including a database, word processor, spreadsheet, street maps, vacation planners, a 3D World Atlas, and other tools.^{[3] [4]}

Products

Cosmi products include business and productivity, graphics and publishing, utilities, learning, languages, and games software.^[5]

Cosmi produces famous titles such as:

• Print Perfect Scrapbook Deluxe - Creates memorable scrapbook layouts, templates, designs, decorative artwork, and photo editing tools.
• iPod Video - Styles and protects the surface of the iPod.
• Website Promoter - Contains tools that will drive traffic to a website, optimise rankings in key search engines, and boost site's popularity.

Recent activity

In recent years, Cosmi published shovelware sold at Best Buy and Office Depot.^{[6] [7]} They still publish utility programs, such as Perfect Website Creator.^[8]

Cosmi published a version of OpenOffice.org called Platinum Perfect Pro Office System Software.^[9]

In 2012, Cosmi acquired ValuSoft from the now-defunct video game publisher THQ for an undisclosed sum.^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Success Through Imitation, Not Innovation. 2000-03-15. Los Angeles Times. en-US. 2020-05-07.
2. Web site: Cosmi Corporation . Moby Games . 2009-08-08 .
3. Web site: Screen Shot Gallery -- Commodore 64/128 . 2009-08-08 . Dan's 20th Century Abandonware . Dan Rose . https://archive.today/20090106145033/http://www.d2ca.org/d2ca-ssg-commodore.html . 2009-01-06 . dead .
4. Web site: Software Review of: Street Maps USA with USA Vacation Planner. Larry Grosskopf. 2009-08-08 . PC Alamode Magazine . June 2002.
5. Web site: Phoenix Software lands distributor status for Cosmi Corporation. Associates. K. L.. 2007-10-05. ITWeb. en-ZA. 2020-05-07.
6. Web site: Hotelguide.com Announces Distribution Partnership With Software Giant, Cosmi . 2009-08-08 . hospitality.net.
7. Entrepreneur . Pricing Your Product to Sell . Jane Applegate . March 2002 . 2009-08-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070503105931/http://www.entrepreneur.com/startingabusiness/bookkeeping/financialanalysisandbudgeting/article50046.html . May 3, 2007 .
8. Web site: Customer Reviews, Perfect Website Creator . 2009-08-08 . amazon.com . various reviewers .
9. Web site: J. McNally. Platinum Perfect Pro Office System Software (mailing list thread). 2009-08-08. openoffice.org. (Browse the thread by clicking here
10. Web site: Cosmi Software Acquires ValuSoft Division of THQ Inc. . 2016-01-17 . April 2012 . ValuSoft.