ThreadKore presents The software time machine
What year is
your software?
Pick what your company runs on.
We’ll play the soundtrack of its era.
Classic music is great. Classic software isn’t.
Find your era ↓01 / Drop the needle
What are you running on?
No signup. Just a little time travel.
Don’t see your software? Enter a year
Dates reflect launches, company origins or campaign reference years, as labeled. See the sources ↗
Every system has a backstory.
What’s yours?
Choose your software to reveal its year
and unlock a little musical nostalgia.
02 / The record collection
Just here for the music?
We won’t judge. Pick your favorite era.
Just getting started.
ThreadKore • Est. 2020
Keep the classics
on your playlist.
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October 2026 campaign figures, not live metrics.
About the dates & the music
This is a trip through software history, not a comparison of current product capabilities. Launch dates apply to the original product, not every later edition. Company founding dates are labeled separately. Campaign reference years for Master Builder, NEWSTAR, BuilderMT and Buildertrend were supplied by ThreadKore and are not independently sourced here. Master Builder is approximate. Products have evolved since these dates. Pen and Paper’s 1920s label is a musical theme, not an invention date.
| Software / company | Year | What the date means | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pen and Paper | 1920s | Musical era reference The 1920s are the song’s theme, not the invention date of pen and paper. | Campaign music theme, not an invention date |
| Timberline (Sage 300 CRE) | 1971 | Timberline company founded 1971 is Timberline’s founding year, not the launch year of today’s Sage 300 CRE. | Sage / Timberline announcement ↗ |
| NEWSTAR | 1977 | Campaign reference year Date supplied by ThreadKore for this campaign; independent source not yet attached. | ThreadKore campaign brief |
| Master Builder (Sage) | around 1980 | Campaign reference year Date supplied by ThreadKore for this campaign; independent source not yet attached. | ThreadKore campaign brief |
| MarkSystems | 1981 | Company established Mark Systems established in 1981. This is a company origin date, not a current-version launch date. | Mark Systems press release ↗ |
| Excel / spreadsheets | 1985 | Original product launch Excel for Macintosh shipped in September 1985. The Windows edition followed later. | Microsoft history ↗ |
| QuickBooks | 1992 | Original product launch QuickBooks first introduced in April 1992; later editions have their own histories. | Intuit annual report ↗ |
| Hyphen | 1999 | Company founded Hyphen Solutions founded in 1999. Individual products have their own launch dates. | Hyphen company history ↗ |
| BuilderMT | 2001 | Campaign reference year Date supplied by ThreadKore for this campaign; independent source not yet attached. | ThreadKore campaign brief |
| Buildertrend | 2006 | Campaign reference year Date supplied by ThreadKore for this campaign; independent source not yet attached. | ThreadKore campaign brief |
| ThreadKore | 2020 | Company founded ThreadKore’s sixth-birthday campaign, October 2026. Founding year supplied by ThreadKore. | ThreadKore ↗ |
All music is original ThreadKore campaign music inspired by an era, created in 2026. These are not historical chart hits or songs released in the years displayed. Software and company names belong to their respective owners. No affiliation or endorsement is implied. Dates reviewed October 25, 2026.