Timeworks

Timeworks International, Inc.
Formerly
  • Softworks, Inc. (1982)
  • Timeworks, Inc. (1982–1993)
Company typePrivate
IndustrySoftware
Founded1982; 42 years ago (1982) in Deerfield, Illinois, United States
FounderMark L. Goldberg
Defunct1994; 30 years ago (1994)
FateAcquired in 1993; folded in 1994
HeadquartersNorthbrook, Illinois, United States (1992–1994)
Number of employees
100 (1988, peak)
ParentMegalode Resources, Inc. (1994)

Timeworks, Inc., later Timeworks International, Inc., was a private[1] American software publisher active from 1982 to 1994 and based in Chicago, Illinois. The company primarily sold entry-level productivity software,[2] as well as advanced desktop publishing applications and video games. They are perhaps best known for Publisher (later known as Publish-It!), their flagship desktop publishing application. In 1993, they were acquired by Megalode Resources, Inc., of Burlington, Ontario, who operated the company until 1994.

  1. ^ Staff writer (March 19, 1990). "The 1990 Softletter 100". Softletter. 7 (18). Aegis Resources: 6 et seq – via Gale.
  2. ^ Staff writer (December 23, 1990). "Essex joins Timeworks". The Northwest Herald: D1 – via Newspapers.com.