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Claris FileMaker delivers- A History
Nashoba Systems was the original developer of the software that eventually became FileMaker. Here’s a quick breakdown:
• Founded: Early 1980s, in Concord, Massachusetts, USA.
• Product: They developed a database application called Nutshell for MS-DOS.
• In 1985, they created a version for the Apple Macintosh and renamed it FileMaker.
Key Moment: In 1988, Claris, a subsidiary of Apple, purchased the rights to FileMaker from Nashoba Systems.
Claris then hired the Nashoba team and continued development, turning FileMaker into a flagship database product for both Mac and Windows.
So in short: Nashoba Systems is the originator of FileMaker.
Claris acquired and evolved it into the powerful, user-friendly platform we know today.