Quarterdeck Office Systems was a computer software company that was founded by Therese Myers and Gary Pope in 1981 and incorporated in 1982.
The company’s most famous products are Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager, DESQview/X, Quarterdeck Mosaic, CleanSweep, Manifest, and Partition-It.
In 1989 the company was awarded a US software patent that allowed multiple windowed PC applications under MS-DOS.
Quarterdeck grew rapidly in the 1990’s by acquiring several companies. This rapid growth, along with the collapse of the market for MS-DOS based utilities, ultimately led to the company’s failure.
In 1998 Quarterdeck was acquired by Symantec (the Norton Utilities company). Symantec discontinued Quarterdeck products or integrated them into larger offerings.
Quarterdeck Office Systems
Quarterdeck Office Systems was a computer software company that was founded by Therese Myers and Gary Pope in 1981 and incorporated in 1982.
The company’s most famous products are Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager, DESQview/X, Quarterdeck Mosaic, CleanSweep, Manifest, and Partition-It.
In 1989 the company was awarded a US software patent that allowed multiple windowed PC applications under MS-DOS.
History
Quarterdeck grew rapidly in the 1990’s by acquiring several companies. This rapid growth, along with the collapse of the market for MS-DOS based utilities, ultimately led to the company’s failure.
In 1998 Quarterdeck was acquired by Symantec (the Norton Utilities company). Symantec discontinued Quarterdeck products or integrated them into larger offerings.
