Mariner Software

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Mariner Software, Inc.

Type	Private
Founded	1990
Headquarters	Mariner Software, Inc. 401 North 3rd Street Minneapolis, MN 55401
Key people	Michael Wray, Bill Paar
Industry	Computer software
Products	Mac OS X software, Mariner Write, Mariner Calc, MarinerPak, MacJournal, Montage, WinJournal, Desktop Poet
Website	http://marinersoftware.com

Mariner Software is an American corporation with a focus on designing and publishing computer software products. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mariner develops, sells, and supports professional and personal software for the productivity, writing and creative markets. The company's best-known software products include Mariner Write, a word processing application and Mariner Calc, a spreadsheet application. Mariner is also currently involved in the development of new software, such as MacJournal and WinJournal desktop blogging software and Montage screenwriting software.

1 Products
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Products

Released in the early nineteen nineties Mariner Calc and Mariner Write, are described as lightweight, but full-featured spreadsheet and word processing applications for Apple Macintosh Computers. Peachpit Press said the bundle of the two is "one of the top five Microsoft Office Alternatives for Mac Users".^[1] Macworld has written several, mostly positive reviews over the years awarding Mariner Write 3 out of 4 mice and Mariner Calc 3.5 out of 4 mice.^[2]

Additional products include:

Montage, a Macintosh screenwriting application, which has been reviewed by magazines such as Macworld and MacUser UK, which awarded it 4 out of 5 “mice”.^[3]

MacJournal, which is described as a blogging tool and personal journaling application for Macintosh computers. Has received 4 (out of 5) mice reviews from MacUser UK,^[4] as well as a 3.5 (out of 4) review from Macworld magazine.^[5]