Gobe Software
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Software |
Founded | 1997 |
Founders |
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Defunct | 2002[citation needed] |
Fate | Dissolved[citation needed] |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Gobe Productive |
Gobe Software, Inc was a software company founded in 1997 by members of the
History
Gobe was founded in 1997 by members of the ClarisWorks development team and some of the authors of the original
When
The failure of Be, Inc and BeOS meant ports had to be undertaken, and Windows and Linux variants were developed. Although the company shipped a Windows version of its software in December 2001, it was unable to obtain sufficient operating capital after the 2000 stock market crash and suspended operations 2002. In 2008 Gobe management began to work with distribution and development teams in Greater Asia and had plans to ship a new version of the product for the India market early 2010.[citation needed] Later in August 2010, Gobe Productive's website was disabled and then sold to an Indian movie producer called ErosNow.[citation needed]
Gobe Productive
Developer(s) | Gobe Software |
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Initial release | August 1998 |
Final release(s) | |
Preview release(s) | |
Written in | Proprietary |
The main product, Gobe Productive, was by far the most polished of the word processors, spreadsheet and vector graphics applications for BeOS, but as an integrated package a la ClarisWorks and Microsoft Works.
Gobe Productive v1.0 for BeOS was released in August 1998, v2.0 in August 1999, and v2.0.1 on 29 February 2000.[6]
After the failure of Be, Inc a Windows and Linux variants were developed.[7] The company shipped a Windows version of Gobe Productive 3 in December 2001.[8]
Other Gobe employees
- Dave Johnson
- Ben Chang
- Joël Spaltenstein
- Kurt von Finck
- Daniel Maia Alves
- Cheyenne Tuller
- Tomy Hudson
See also
Notes
- ^ pre-alpha 1 preview release
References
- ^ a b c Hearn 2003.
- ^ Tarr, Scott (March 2001). "Alt OS". Maximum PC. Vol. 6, no. 3. p. 48.
- ^ "New Version of Gobe Productive Office Suite: 3.0.4". 2003-09-29.
- ^ "Home Page". Archived from the original on 2004-08-03.
- ^ "Index of /downloads". Archived from the original on 2002-10-06.
- ^ "Productive BeOS". Archived from the original on 2001-12-23.
- ^ "All in One". Archived from the original on 2001-09-08.
- ^ Brookheart, Zach (27 March 2002). "Ars Technica Review of Gobe Productive 3.03". Retrieved 17 August 2021.
Further reading
- Hearn, Bob (2003). "A Brief History Of ClarisWorks". Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
External links
- "Gobe Corp". Archived from the original on 25 July 2010.
- Be, Inc. article (archived)
- Martens, Andrew (2000). "Gobe Productive 2.0". Ars Technica.