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1/27/98
A brief history of Frontier
The team came from Living Videotext
An early PC software company (1981-87)
Pioneered outlining and presentations
ThinkTank, Ready, MORE
Frontier 1.0 shipped in January 1992
Mac system scripting environment
Automated DTP production with Quark
Transitioned to the web in 1994
Experience at Hotwired
Experimented with productivity app approach
Frontier 4.0 shipped in May 1996 -- Mac only
Frontier 5.0 ships tomorrow, for Win32 and Mac