Berkeley Softworks

GeoWorks Corporation

Logo of the company doing business as GeoWorks Corporation
Formerly	The Softworks (1983–1984) Berkeley Softworks, Inc. (1984–1990)
Company type	Public
Industry	Software
Founded	1983; 41 years ago (1983) in Berkeley, California
Founder	Brian P. Dougherty
Defunct	2003; 21 years ago (2003)
Fate	Dissolution
Products	GEOS, PC/GEOS, GeoRAM, GeoPublish, GeoProgrammer

Berkeley Softworks, Inc., later GeoWorks Corporation, was an American software-development company founded by American computing engineer and former Mattel employee Brian P. Dougherty in 1983. It is best known for its GEOS operating systems for GEOS for the Commodore 64, 64c, plus 4, Apple II and the c128 and PC/GEOS, also known as GeoWorks ensemble or simply GeoWorks. The company ceased operations in 2003 after it was bought by various other companies.