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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]

Allaire Corporation announced the acquisition of Live Software on June 15, 1999.[6] Macromedia absorbed Allaire through a merger that was completed on March 20, 2001.[7] Adobe Systems then acquired Macromedia on December 3, 2005.[8]

References[]

  1. Live Software, Inc. has been acquired by Allaire Corporation., Live Software. Archived 1999-10-12.
  2. Corporate Overview, Live Software. Archived 1997-12-11.
  3. The Java Servlet Runner, Live Software. Archived 1998-01-29.
  4. Why is JRun Free?, Live Software. Archived 1998-01-29.
  5. Servlet Pack One, Live Software. Archived 1998-01-09.
  6. Allaire Announces Acquisition of Live Software, Allaire Corporation. 1999-06-15.
  7. Macromedia Completes Merger With Allaire, Macromedia. 2001-03-20. Archived 2001-03-30.
  8. Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.

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