Software Arts
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts, Newton, Massachusetts |
Key people | Co-founders Dan Bricklin, Bob Frankston |
| Products | VisiCalc, TK/Solver |
Software Arts was a software company founded by Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston in 1979 to develop VisiCalc, which was published by a separate company, Personal Software Inc. (later named VisiCorp).
Software Arts also developed TK!Solver, a numeric equation solving system originally developed by Milos Konopasek.
By early 1984 InfoWorld estimated that Software Arts was the world's 13th-largest microcomputer-software company, with $12 million in 1983 sales.[1] It was bought by Lotus in 1985.
References
- ^ Caruso, Denise (1984-04-02). "Company Strategies Boomerang". InfoWorld. pp. 80–83. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
External links
- Software Arts and VisiCalc, by Dan Bricklin
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