<s>
T/Maker	B-Application
(	O
Table	O
Maker	O
)	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
programs	I-Application
designed	O
for	O
the	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
user	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Peter	O
Roizen	O
in	O
1979	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
ran	O
on	O
CP/M	B-Application
,	O
TRSDOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
later	O
on	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
T/Maker	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
distributed	O
by	O
Lifeboat	O
Associates	O
of	O
New	O
York	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
T/Maker	B-Application
took	O
a	O
different	O
approach	O
to	O
most	O
other	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
:	O
instead	O
of	O
embedding	O
formulas	O
in	O
each	O
cell	O
,	O
formulas	O
were	O
defined	O
on	O
a	O
per-row	O
and	O
per-column	O
basis	O
in	O
the	O
margins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
T/Maker	B-Application
was	O
released	O
six	O
months	O
after	O
VisiCalc	B-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
perhaps	O
the	O
first	O
application	O
to	O
provide	O
an	O
'	O
office	O
 '	O
suite	O
approach	O
to	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tables	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
databases	O
or	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
and	O
were	O
accessible	O
in	O
'	O
word	O
 '	O
type	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
T/Maker	B-Application
Company	O
was	O
an	O
early	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
software	O
company	O
,	O
formed	O
in	O
1983	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
market	O
CP/M	B-Application
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
programs	O
that	O
had	O
originally	O
been	O
published	O
by	O
3rd	O
party	O
publishing	O
houses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
expanded	O
into	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
market	O
,	O
releasing	O
the	O
ClickArt	O
line	O
of	O
clip	O
art	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
products	O
included	O
WriteNow	B-Operating_System
on	O
the	O
Mac	O
and	O
NeXT	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1983	O
T/Maker	B-Application
Company	O
was	O
incorporated	O
in	O
Mountain	O
View	O
,	O
California	O
by	O
Heidi	O
Roizen	O
–	O
Peter	O
's	O
sister	O
and	O
a	O
then-recent	O
Stanford	O
University	O
Graduate	O
School	O
of	O
Business	O
graduate	O
–	O
who	O
became	O
its	O
CEO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
T/Maker	B-Application
Company	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
publish	O
its	O
own	O
line	O
of	O
integrated	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
products	O
by	O
others	O
intended	O
for	O
DOS	O
and	O
Windows	O
computers	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
,	O
including	O
ClickArt	O
,	O
the	O
fifth	O
software	O
title	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
companies	O
to	O
offer	O
fonts	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1988	O
,	O
it	O
no	O
longer	O
sold	O
the	O
product	O
of	O
its	O
namesake	O
,	O
T/Maker	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
notable	O
T/Maker	B-Application
products	O
include	O
Personal	O
Publisher	O
,	O
a	O
consumer-oriented	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
application	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
(	O
acquired	O
by	O
Software	O
Publishing	O
Corporation	O
in	O
1986	O
)	O
,	O
SmartBundle	O
,	O
an	O
"	O
office	O
"	O
styled	O
bundle	O
of	O
major	O
applications	O
,	O
Vroombooks	O
,	O
a	O
multimedia	O
storybook	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
word	O
processor	O
WriteNow	B-Operating_System
,	O
(	O
which	O
it	O
licensed	O
from	O
NeXT	O
in	O
1985	O
and	O
ultimately	O
sold	O
to	O
WordStar	B-Application
in	O
1993	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heidi	O
and	O
business	O
partner/chairman	O
Royal	O
Farros	O
purchased	O
T/Maker	B-Application
from	O
Peter	O
in	O
1986	O
and	O
continued	O
bootstrapping	O
until	O
1989	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
became	O
venture	O
capital	O
firm	O
Hummer	O
Winblad	O
Venture	O
Partners’	O
first	O
venture	O
investment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
T/Maker	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
in	O
1994	O
by	O
Deluxe	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
T/Maker	B-Application
’	O
s	O
remaining	O
products	O
were	O
ultimately	O
acquired	O
by	O
Broderbund	O
,	O
who	O
continues	O
to	O
market	O
and	O
expand	O
the	O
ClickArt	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
