The company was founded as Tiger Software, a publisher of titles for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh in 1989.
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On September 4, 2009, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum filed suit against TigerDirect, OnRebate, and their parent company Systemax, charging the companies with failing to provide rebates to customers.
Subsidiaries and divisions of Systemax, Inc. include SystemaxPC, TigerDirect, CompUSA, Circuit City, Global Industrial, Nexel, Misco, Infotel, Global Computer Supplies, SpeedGifter and Worldwide Rebates.