Bare Bones Software
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| Company type | corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software industry |
| Founded | June 1994 |
| Headquarters | North Chelmsford, Massachusetts |
| Products | Classic Mac OS & Mac OS X software |
| Website | www |
Bare Bones Software is a private North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States software company developing software tools for the Apple Macintosh platform. The company develops the BBEdit text editor, marketed under the registered trademark "It doesn't suck",[1] and has been mentioned as a "top-tier Mac developer"[2] by Mac OS X journalist John Siracusa.
The company was founded in May 1993, and incorporated under the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in June 1994.[3]
Product list
[edit]Discontinued:
- BBEdit Lite Free "lightweight" Text Editor (replaced by TextWrangler).
- Mailsmith Email client (ownership transferred to Stickshift Software; became freeware).[4]
- Super Get Info File and folder info utility for Mac OS X. (discontinued)
- TextWrangler Free, lightweight Text Editor which replaced BBEdit Lite (replaced by BBEdit).[5]
- WeatherCal application that adds weather forecasts to iCal (discontinued on July 31, 2011).
References
[edit]- ^ "Bare Bones Software - BBEdit 9". 2008. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "John Siracusa's OS X Lion Review - Ars Technica". 2011. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ Nistor, Codrut (9 January 2007). "Bare Bones Software Updates Three Products". Softpedia. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ Gamet, Jeff (2009). "Digging Deep Into Bare Bones with Rich Siegel". macobserver.com. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "Bare Bones Software to retire TextWrangler in favor of BBEdit". AppleInsider. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
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