Editing PenPoint OS (section)

==Third-party applications==
The novel user interface of PenPoint and the mobile form factor of pen computers inspired many startup software companies, including:
* Inkwriter by Aha! Software which was purchased by Microsoft and became the basis for Microsoft's [[Windows Journal]]
* [[FutureWave Software]] ([[FutureSplash Animator|SmartSketch]], a vector-drawing program that evolved into [[Adobe Flash]])
* [http://www.glyphic.com/ Glyphic Technology] (Glyphic Script [[prototype-based programming]] [[programming language|language]], with Codeworks direct interactive [[Integrated development environment|programming environment]]<ref>[http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/codeworks.html Codeworks] Mark Lentczner's Projects</ref>)
* PenMagic (Numero spreadsheet and LetterExpress document fill-in templates)
* Pensoft (Perspective personal data manager, winner of a BYTE award in 1992). Pensoft was acquired by [[EO Personal Communicator|Eo]].
* Slate (several pen applications).  Slate's founders included industry luminaries [[Dan Bricklin]] and [[Bob Frankston]].
* Gaia Software (''Personal Media'' personal productivity applications)
* Conic Systems (LocatorGIS survey/mapping application that briefly went into production at Ordnance Survey in the UK)
* [[eShop|Ink Development]] released InkWare NoteTaker and InkWare Photo. [[Pierre Omidyar]] and [[Greg Stein]] were two of the founders. Ink Development renamed themselves eShop when they pivoted to electronic commerce software and was later acquired by Microsoft.
* Marathon Development created QuikScript, the original script handwriting word processor.  QuikScript was later ported to Palm and Windows devices under the name PenScript.  Patents acquired by Microsoft.