Open Window Software
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Open Window Software is a US software company specializing in educational software
. Founded by Dick Bryant in 1992, it is based in Silverthorne, Colorado
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The company initially focused on Windows utilities and freeware. Among its early titles were BailOut (a single-click exit from Windows), WinLotto (a lottery number-picker), WinKillr (a utility to shut down specific programs and save any open documents at a pre-set time) and WinJottr (an always-on note taking utility). In the mid-90's the company began to focus entirely on its educational software product line - at the time WinFlash32 and WinFlash Educator.
Open Window's current product line includes Winflash
Basic, WinFlash Scholar and WinFlash Eductor - the three levels of the combination authoring, study and evaluation tools. In addition the company publishes WinFlash Administrator, an automated gradebook and test scoring application and WinFlash Publisher, a customized version of Educator allowing distribution of proprietary content accompanied by its own version of WinFlash Basic.
Open Window's products have been reviewed by PCMagazine, WUGNet, ZDNet and WorldNetDaily. The company has twice won both the Shareware Industry Award for Best Educational Software and the Educational Shareware Cooperative's People's Choice Award.
Educational software
Educational software is computer software, the primary purpose of which is teaching or self-learning.-Early History, 1940s - 1970s:The use of computer hardware and software in education and training dates to the early 1940s, when American researchers developed flight simulators which used analog...
. Founded by Dick Bryant in 1992, it is based in Silverthorne, Colorado
Silverthorne, Colorado
The Town of Silverthorne is a Home Rule Municipality that is the most populous town in Summit County, Colorado. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 3,610.-Geography:...
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The company initially focused on Windows utilities and freeware. Among its early titles were BailOut (a single-click exit from Windows), WinLotto (a lottery number-picker), WinKillr (a utility to shut down specific programs and save any open documents at a pre-set time) and WinJottr (an always-on note taking utility). In the mid-90's the company began to focus entirely on its educational software product line - at the time WinFlash32 and WinFlash Educator.
Open Window's current product line includes Winflash
Winflash
WinFlash Educator is a member of a family of educational software programs developed by Open Window Software known collectively as WinFlash. It is a flashcard program....
Basic, WinFlash Scholar and WinFlash Eductor - the three levels of the combination authoring, study and evaluation tools. In addition the company publishes WinFlash Administrator, an automated gradebook and test scoring application and WinFlash Publisher, a customized version of Educator allowing distribution of proprietary content accompanied by its own version of WinFlash Basic.
Open Window's products have been reviewed by PCMagazine, WUGNet, ZDNet and WorldNetDaily. The company has twice won both the Shareware Industry Award for Best Educational Software and the Educational Shareware Cooperative's People's Choice Award.