ClarisWorks (クラリスワークス) is a CD-ROM-based office suite that had been promoted in Japan for the Pippin platform.[1]
Development history[]
The suite began as BS Works by former Claris engineers Bob Hearn and Scott Holdaway at Spartacus Software. The program was sold to Claris in July 1990 and renamed ClarisWorks; version 1.0 was released in October 1991.[2]
ClarisWorks was returned to parent company Apple Computer and renamed AppleWorks after Claris was restructured into FileMaker, Inc. to focus on its remaining flagship product.[2] AppleWorks was declared "end of life" in August 2007 and has since been replaced by Apple's iWork package.[3]
Release status[]
ClarisWorks was shown with a Pippin Power Player prototype at Macworld Expo Tokyo '95.
ClarisWorks was promoted with a Pippin Power Player prototype at Macworld Expo Tokyo '95,[1] but does not appear to have been released for that platform.[4][5]
Another suite, TV Works, was developed by Sonoran Blue and bundled with Pippin Atmark and @WORLD consoles that were released by Bandai Digital Entertainment in 1996.[6]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Macworld TV Tokyo 1995 by KandaNewsNetwork,Inc., YouTube. 2013-08-29.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Brief History of ClarisWorks by Bob Hearn, MIT. 2003.
- ↑ RIP AppleWorks by Charles Jade, Ars Technica. 2007-08-15.
- ↑ Pippin software (Japanese), Atmark Channel. Archived 1997-06-29.
- ↑ PIPPIN@MARK software release list (Japanese), Retrogeme. Accessed 2017-05-03.
- ↑ Product, Sonoran Blue. Archived 1997-03-01.
See also[]
- PEASE, another productivity suite, with shell, for Pippin.
External links[]
- ClarisWorks at Claris (archived 1997-02-17)
- ClarisWorks and AppleWorks for Mac FAQ by Daniel Knight at Low End Mac
- Un résumé de l'histoire de ClarisWorks (French) by Bob Hearn and Stéphane Ascoëtat at MIT
- クラリスワークス４(Mac)評価 (Japanese) at MacWin王国
- AppleWorks/ClarisWorks at Wikipedia
