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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
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)