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===1999β2015: Legacy operations=== Acorn Computers, in its new guise of Cabot 2, would continue to administer the remaining assets of the business and to "tidy up remaining contractual and logistical obligations", these including the servicing of product warranties. In late 1999, Reflex Electronics signed a five-year contract to perform warranty work and technical support for Acorn-manufactured products, renewing an earlier arrangement with Acorn.<ref name="acornuser1999xmas_reflex">{{ cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/AcornUser215-Xmas99/page/n7/mode/1up | title=In good repair | magazine=Acorn User | date=Christmas 1999 | access-date=2 May 2022 | pages=8 }}</ref> Acorn Group β the parent company of Acorn Computers Limited β had itself been renamed from Acorn Computer Group in 1997, and the company was subsequently renamed '''Cabot 1 Limited''' and taken private by MSDW in February 2000.<ref name="cabot1_registration2000">{{ cite web | url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01708846/filing-history/NTA0NDE1MDZhZGlxemtjeA/document?format=pdf&download=0 | title=Certificate of Incorporation on Change of Name and Re-Registration of a Public Company as a Private Company | website=Companies House | date=15 February 2000 | access-date=26 July 2021 }}</ref> The company remained (at least legally) active until being dissolved in December 2015.<ref name="cabot1">{{ cite web | url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01708846/filing-history | title=Cabot 1 Limited | website=Companies House | access-date=26 July 2021 }}</ref>
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