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Claris was a computer software company formed as a spin-off from Apple Computer in 1987. They were given the code and rights to several programs that had been written within Apple, notably MacWrite and MacPaint, in order to separate Apple's software and hardware divisions. Over the next few years the company would be variously pushed and pulled in different directions, before eventually divesting themselves of all of their products but one, and reforming as FileMaker Inc. Image File history File links The logo of the Claris software corporation. ...
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History
During the early days of the Macintosh computer, Apple shipped the machines with two basic programs, MacWrite and MacPaint, so that users would have a working machine "out of the box". However this resulted in complaints from third party developers, who felt that these programs were good enough for so many users that there was little reason to buy something better. Apple decided to allow the programs to "wither", so that the third party developers would have a market to sell into. The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984 The Macintosh, or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured and marketed by Apple Computer that run the Macintosh operating system (Mac OS). Named after the McIntosh apple, the original Macintosh was released on January 24, 1984. ...
Unfortunately the developers didn't seem to hold up their end of the bargain, and it was some time before truly capable replacements came along. In the meantime users complained about the lack of upgrades, while the 3rd party developers continued to complain about any possibility of an upgrade. Look up Upgrade on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Upgrading is the process of replacing an older thing with a newer thing. ...
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Eventually Apple decided the only solution was to spin off the products to a third party of their own creation, forming Claris in 1987. Claris was also given the rights to several less well-known Apple products such as MacProject, MacDraw and MacWorks. A new corporate headquarters was eventually built in Santa Clara, a fair distance from the main Apple campus. MacProject was released by Apple Computers in 1984. ...
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At first Claris seemed to have the same problems as Apple with the products. Upgrades were trivial, limited to simply making the program continue to run on newer versions of the Macintosh operating system. Things changed dramatically in 1988 when Claris purchased Nashoba Systems to gain access to their product, FileMaker. After a number of upgrades it was re-introduced into the market as FileMaker II, and was a huge success. In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software responsible for the direct control and management of hardware and basic system operations. ...
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Claris' headquarters nicknamed 'The Wedge' used in early 1990s In 1990, Apple decided that the now-successful Claris should remain a wholly-owned subsidiary, as opposed to eventually being spun off. This was unexpected by many of the managers, who were expecting a big payoff when the company had its IPO. The company president soon left, and over the next year most of the other executives followed suit. This played havoc with development. Image File history File links Claris_The_Wedge_HQ.png Description: Claris headquarters in the 1980s nicknamed The Wedge in Santa Clara, California. ...
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That same year Claris also purchased BSWorks, an integrated application written by two former Claris employees. After rebranding in a style similar to FileMaker, it was released in 1991 as ClarisWorks, and became another huge success for the company. After a lengthy series of ups and downs, this product was eventually purchased in 1998 by Apple and is now known as AppleWorks. 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Products In the later 1980s Claris started a major upgrade effort, re-writing all of their products to use a more modern and common user interface based on FileMaker. The result was the "Pro" series, MacPaint Pro, MacDraw Pro, MacWrite Pro and FileMaker Pro. In order to provide a complete office suite they also purchased the rights to the Informix WingZ spreadsheet on the Mac, re-branding it as Claris Resolve, and added the new presentation program Claris Impact. The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ...
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The series was released piecemeal over a period of about two years, during which period Microsoft had basically taken over the majority of the market with Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. While the Claris packages were arguably much more "approachable" the first versions lacked some features of the now mature MS suite, leaving them lacking in "checkbox features". Their value was further eroded by aggressive bundling deals from Microsoft that could allow Word, Excel and PowerPoint to be purchased for a cost not much higher than MacWrite alone, a bundle that Claris did not match. Claris did offer ClarisWorks, an all-in-one package, and while the price was right it was very limited and could not compete in the business market. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKEx: 4338) is the worlds largest software company, with 2005 global annual sales of almost $40 billion USD and nearly 60,000 employees in 85 countries and regions. ...
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About this time Apple upper management decided that all software should be released through Claris, forcing them to take on HyperCard and the distribution of the Mac OS itself. This proved to be a disaster, the OS was soon returned to Apple, and HyperCard was destroyed in the process. HyperCard HyperCard is an application program and a simple programming environment produced by Apple Computer which runs natively only in Mac OS versions 9 or earlier (it can still be used in Mac OS Xs Classic mode). ...
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In 1995 Claris purchased and released Claris Homepage, which enjoyed popularity as one of the only truly GUI-based WYSIWYG HTML editors of the time. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Claris Homepage was one of the earliest true what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editors. ...
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Other products added to the line included Claris Em@iler, Claris OfficeMail, and Claris Organizer. These products were part of a new effort to diversify Claris and no longer chase the "office" market, which by this point was considered a lost cause. Claris Em@iler was a popular email client for the Mac-platform created Fog City Software. ...
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The end of Claris By the mid-90s it appeared to most observers that Apple was in serious danger of disappearing. The main ClarisWorks development team left Claris, disillusioned with the product and the market, and founded Gobe Software, who produced a Claris-like office suite for the then-new BeOS. Gobe Software, Inc was a software company that published an integrated desktop software suite for BeOS. In later years, they were the publishers of BeOS itself. ...
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It was around this time that the management decided that FileMaker was the only product worth keeping, and put all of the rest of the products on indefinite hold—no changes were made to them at all, not even to keep them working on newer versions of the Mac OS. By 1997 the transition was complete and the company renamed itself as FileMaker Inc., and their only other major product, ClarisWorks, was sold back to Apple to become AppleWorks. The company kept FileMaker and Claris HomePage 3.0 before homepage was discontinued in 2001 and FileMaker today is the only product left. 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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During this period, the rise and fall of Claris was seen by many as indicative of problems at that time within Apple as a whole. Unable to understand the marketplace, products were allowed to languish. When management finally realized they were sitting on what could be a goldmine, they started an upgrade series that resulted in products making it to market too late to be interesting any longer. Management (from Old French ménagement the art of conducting, directing, from Latin manu agere to lead by the hand) characterises the process of leading and directing all or part of an organization, often a business, through the deployment and manipulation of resources (human, financial, material, intellectual or intangible). ...
References - MacTech, Claris Solutions Alliance Expansion, Dec. 4, 1996
- TidBITS, Michael Jardeen, To Home Page and Back Again, #422/30-Mar-98
- Wired News, Joe Ashbrook Nickell, What is Apple Up to With Claris Shake-up? , Jan. 27, 1998
- Alan Zisman, Apple Windows?-- Software for the rest of us?, March 18, 1994
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