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Claris was a computer software company formed as a spin-off from Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) in...

Claris was a computer software company formed as a spin-off from Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) in 1987. It was given the code and rights to several programs that were owned by Apple, notably MacWrite and MacPaint, in order to separate Apple's application software activities from its hardware and operating systems activities. In 1998 the company divested itself of all but its flagship product, and reformed as FileMaker Inc. During the early days of the Macintosh computer, Apple shipped the machines with two basic programs, MacWrite and MacPaint, so that users would have a working machine "out of the box". However, this resulted in complaints from third party developers, who felt that these programs were good enough for so many users that there was little reason to buy something better. Apple decided to allow the programs to "wither", so that the third party developers would have time to write suitable replacements. Unfortunately the developers didn't seem to hold up their end of the bargain, and it was some time before truly capable replacements like WriteNow came along. In the meantime users complained about the lack of upgrades, while the third party developers continued to