From Thursby Software Systems, DAVE provided commercial-grade Microsoft Windows SMB/CIFS file and print-sharing functionality for Apple Macs.[1]

DAVE was first introduced in 1996. At first, DAVE only supported Mac users accessing files on a Windows computer through a network. Thursby released a second version in 1998 which enabled Windows users to access files on Mac computers and to print documents from Mac PostScript printers.[2] Microsoft DFS support was added in 2002.