Software Arts
American software company, 1979 to 1985
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Software Arts was a software company founded by Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston in 1979[1] to develop VisiCalc, which was published by a separate company, Personal Software Inc., later named VisiCorp.
Company typePrivate
IndustrySoftware
Founded1979
HeadquartersCambridge, Massachusetts, Newton, Massachusetts
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts, Newton, Massachusetts |
Key people | Co-founders Dan Bricklin, Bob Frankston |
| Products | VisiCalc, TK/Solver, Spotlight |
Software Arts also developed TK!Solver,[2] a numeric equation solving system developed originally by Milos Konopasek, and Spotlight, "a desktop organizer program for the IBM Personal Computer."[2]
By early 1984 InfoWorld estimated that Software Arts was the world's 13th-largest microcomputer-software company, with $12 million in 1983 sales.[3] It was bought by the company Lotus in 1985.[4]
