Word: tk
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more than 80 employees, as many computer terminals as phones, and excellent prospects (1982's revenues of $7 million were al most double the previous year's). Bricklin and his partner, Frankston, are planning a host of new computer software, including a math program called TK!Solver (after the proofreader's abbreviation for "to come"). They hope it will do for business and scientific models what VisiCalc does for spread sheets...
...first get their start. They reinvested the VisiCalc income (more than $11 million) in their new company, Software Arts, with headquarters in an old chocolate-factory building outside Boston; the number of employees has already grown from the original two to 80. The company's latest program, called TK!-Solver, is designed as a modern "tool kit" for solving mathematical problems like those confronted by engineers and chemists. Says S Bricklin: "You can't just start in the garage as easily any more. The price of entry is going up and up because people are expecting so much...