Longtime Apple exec Bill Campbell, the recently-deceased Silicon Valley legend, was placed in command of the new subsidiary as CEO of Claris.īill Campbell speaks at the 2012 TechCrunch Disrupt conference.Ĭlaris was largely allowed to do its own thing. The idea was ostensibly to maintain the illusion that Apple wasn't competing directly with its community of developers. First, a history lessonĬlaris, the company that would become FileMaker, has a fascinating history that goes back to the period when Apple's prospects were getting dimmer every year, as the rise of Microsoft and IBM took its toll.Īllegedly, outside developers were jealous that the original Macintosh's built-in tools like MacWrite and MacPaint were so good, customers didn't want or need anybody else's software.Īnd so, Apple placed those products and a handful of others, including Microsoft Office competitor AppleWorks, under the umbrella of Claris. In fact, just today, FileMaker released the fifteenth version of its namesake FileMaker Pro software, adding the ability for companies to quickly add flagship Apple features like TouchID fingerprint scanning and 3D Touch pressure-sensitivity to their custom apps.Īnd while FileMaker may have been born in an era before Steve Jobs returned to lead Apple to world domination, it still might have an important role to play in the future of the company. Over the years, FileMaker's focus has shifted: Originally, it was purely a database product now, it helps even non-technical small business folks build custom web, Windows, Mac, iPad, and iPhone apps without needing to know how to code. On a job posting page, FileMaker boasts that it's " been profitable every quarter since our formation." Two million people have downloaded FileMaker Go, the company's iPhone and iPad app. Way back in 1987, a few years after Steve Jobs was removed from Apple by its board of directors, Apple spun off a software subsidiary called Claris.Ĭlaris itself is technically no more - in 1998, the company changed its name to FileMaker, after its most successful product, not long after Steve Jobs' triumphant return to Apple as CEO.īut it's still proudly billed as an Apple subsidiary. This whole time, FileMaker has been plugging away in its Santa Clara headquarters, a few miles out from Apple's famed Cupertino mothership. It often indicates a user profile.Īpple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the WSJD Live conference in Laguna Beach, California October 27, 2014.
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