sendmail inc.

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sendmail inc. - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Sendmail Inc.
  
     <company> The company, announced in November 1997 and launched
     in March 1998, created by Eric Allman, the original author
     of Sendmail.  Allman is Chief Technology Officer, Greg Olson
      is President and CEO.
  
     Sendmail Inc. will sell commercial upgrades, service and
     support to Internet Service Providers and corporations
     running critical e-mail applications, while still continuing
     freeware development.
  
     Sun Microsystems founders Bill Joy and Andy Bechtolscheim
     are among the investors in the company, along with Tim
     O'Reilly of publishers O'Reilly & Associates and John Funk of
     e-mail company InfoBeat Inc..
  
     Allman said that he devoted the fist six months of the life of
     Sendmail Inc. to finalising the freeware release.  A
     commercial version was due in summer 1998, at around $1000 per
     server.  The company is expected to reach $40m annual sales
     within three years.  Funding is in the region of $1.25m.
  
     (http://sendmail.com/).
  
     Address: Emeryville, California, USA.
  
     (1998-08-25)