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Re:Original Diablo Pitch Document (1994) [pdf] by chongli on Sunday March 20, 2016 @01:21PM (#11323724)
First release was December 31, 1996. So nearly 3 years, instead of 1!
Re:Original Diablo Pitch Document (1994) [pdf] by INTPenis on Sunday March 20, 2016 @03:55PM (#11324362)
Though I doubt they started working immediately after pitch. I was also very interested in this point since my SO is a project manager and it rubs off.

So for all we know it could have been pitched in Q4 1994 and finished in Q1 1996.