Enable Software

{{About|the office automation developer|the software used by the oil and gas industry|EnABLE software}}

Enable Software, Inc. was a privately held software development company located in Ballston Lake, New York. Enable was founded in 1984{{cite web|last=New York Companies, USA|title=ENABLE SOFTWARE, INC.|url=http://www.nycompaniesindex.com/enable-software-inc-iva4/|accessdate=Feb 16, 2014}} by Ron Quake and Bob Hamilton.{{Cite news|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1167685,00.asp|title=Profiles In Technical Excellence (1985)|work=PCMAG|access-date=2017-09-23|language=en}}

The company's flagship product, called Enable was an integrated office suite for IBM PC compatibles. The suite included a word processor, a 3D spreadsheet, a relational database, and integrated communications. In 1992 Enable Office added electronic mail, and calendaring software. At that time, the company estimated it had more than one million users of its products.{{cite web|last=Enable Software|title=Press release|url=http://textfiles.com/computers/PRESSRELEASE/enable.txt|accessdate=Feb 16, 2014}} Enable 4.5 was released in April 1992, with support for OS/2 2.0.{{cite news|last1=Hamilton|first1=Rosemary|title=Enable 4.5 application package ships|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ioRslYZXVkAC&q=%22Enable+Software%2C+Inc.%22+-wikipedia&pg=RA1-PA42|accessdate=May 3, 2016|work=Computerworld|date=April 6, 1992}} In 1993 it introduced JetForm for Enable, "a mail-enabled forms designer for Microsoft Windows."{{cite news|last1=Hammett|first1=Jim|title=Enable debuts workflow line with forms designer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OjsEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Enable+Software%2C+Inc.%22+-wikipedia2&pg=PA52|accessdate=May 3, 2016|work=Infoworld|date=June 21, 1993}}

Another Product of Enable, PowerLine, was a multi-protocol terminal client for Windows similar to Hyperterminal released in 1993.{{cite news|last1=Hammett|first1=Jim|title=Windows package offers keyboard chatting feature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ODwEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22enable+software%22+powerline&pg=PA41|accessdate=May 3, 2016|work=InfoWorld|date=April 5, 1993}}

Enable ceased operations in 1997. At that time, there were an estimated 190,000 active users of Enable products.{{cite web|last=Promises Kept, LLC. |title=Enable Integrated Software Support |url=http://www.promises-kept.com/Support/Enable.aspx |accessdate=Feb 16, 2014 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222142134/http://www.promises-kept.com/Support/Enable.aspx |archivedate=2014-02-22 }}