Object Desktop
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ObjectBar used with DesktopX to create a theme
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| Developer(s) | Stardock |
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| Stable release |
2010 / December 2, 2009
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| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | OS Customization |
| License | Shareware |
| Website | objectdesktop |
Object Desktop (OD; previously the Object Desktop Network or ODNT) is an online software subscription service created by Stardock for OS/2 and relaunched for Windows in 1997.
Object Desktop includes most graphical user interface customization and productivity products offered by Stardock, including WindowBlinds, Fences, DesktopX, Tweak7, IconPackager and ObjectBar. Notable exceptions include ObjectDock and ThinkDesk components like Multiplicity, oriented more towards professional or corporate users.
Object Desktop — initially entitled The Workplace Toolset/2 — was developed over three years by Brad Wardell and Kurt Westerfeld subsequent to Stardock's OS/2 Essentials, a pre-registered set of OS/2 shareware. Object Desktop 1.0 was followed by 1.5 and Professional versions following in short order.
By 1997 the OS/2 ISV market was flagging, and many customers were switching to Windows NT 4. 1997 OS/2 revenues were 33% of those in 1996, and they fell to 25% of 1996 levels in 1998. This led to their decision to switch to Windows in mid-1997. Nevertheless, Stardock remained an OS/2 ISV until February 2001, when they stopped selling Object Desktop for OS/2.
OS/2 versions were sold as initial versions and upgrades, costing more than later Windows versions due to lower volume of sales.
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