Live Software was the original developer of JRun, before being acquired by Allaire Corporation in 1999.[1]
History
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Live Software was founded in 1995 by Paul Colton in San Diego.[2] Their flagship product, JRun, was released in July 1997 and added functionality to web servers through a set of Java classes to allow them to run Java "servlets".[3] The standards were adopted by the industry and became part of the J2EE specification. Live Software gave away JRun for free,[4] but gained revenue from the servlets that ran on JRun.[5]
On June 15, 1999, Allaire Corporation announced that it would acquire Live Software for 550,000 shares of Allaire common stock, worth about US$24.7 million at the time.[6].[7] Macromedia absorbed Allaire through a merger that was completed on March 20, 2001.[8] Adobe Systems then acquired Macromedia on December 3, 2005.[9]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Live Software, Inc. has been acquired by Allaire Corporation., Live Software. Archived 1999-10-12.
- ↑ Corporate Overview, Live Software. Archived 1997-12-11.
- ↑ The Java Servlet Runner, Live Software. Archived 1998-01-29.
- ↑ Why is JRun Free?, Live Software. Archived 1998-01-29.
- ↑ Servlet Pack One, Live Software. Archived 1998-01-09.
- ↑ Allaire Announces Acquisition of Live Software, Allaire Corporation. 1999-06-15.
- ↑ Allaire livens up Java with Live Software buy, CNET. 2002-01-02.
- ↑ Macromedia Completes Merger With Allaire, Macromedia. 2001-03-20. Archived 2001-03-30.
- ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
External linksEdit
- Live Software official site (archived 1997-12-11)
- Live Software at the Macromedia Wiki
- Live Software at Wikipedia (archived 2007-09-08)
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