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- '''Endorse but restore.''' The AfD close was correctly decided based on the unanimous consensus to delete. I have found several sources that discuss the subject in detail:
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- '''Endorse but restore.''' The AfD close was correctly decided based on the unanimous consensus to delete. I have found several sources that discuss the subject in detail:
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{{cite news |last=Beal |first=David |date=1999-01-26 |title=From Macalaster to Millions//Newly Public Allaire Corp., Now Based in Boston, Springs From Liberal Arts-Grounded Talent |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EB5E38353880F8D?p=AWNB |newspaper=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]] |accessdate=2015-11-02 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6cjFa0D56 |archivedate=2015-11-02 }}The article notes: A liberal arts degree normally isn't a hot piece of paper in today's work world, but a 29-year-old Macalester College graduate just spun his into a cool $96 million.J.J. Allaire, who graduated from St. Paul's Macalester College in 1991, suddenly finds himself worth that much in the wake of a stock offering that took his company public last Friday. The software development company he started four years ago, Allaire Corp., was founded almost entirely on talent bred at Macalester. He and seven other friends from the small liberal arts school, including his younger brother Jeremy, were among the company's first 13 employees. Three of the remaining five were siblings or spouses of Macalester students. ... J.J. Allaire is the company's largest single shareholder with 19.2 percent of the stock, valued at $497.8 million based on its Monday closing price. That puts a value of $95.6 million on his stake. The article provides detailed biographical background about the subject: Green recalled working with J.J. Allaire in the late 1980s to develop a computer simulation of a presidential campaign. He said that project led to a course, "Constructing Political Theories," at Macalester and, eventually, to the concepts that underlie ColdFusion.Green said Allaire would say, a day or two before the deadline for a particular project or exam, that he was far from prepared. Then he would come in and breeze through it in good order. "He was always kind of an entrepreneurial guy. He's really imaginative. He took some computer courses, but not very many." Allaire is originally from Philadelphia. After his grandfather died when he was 12 years old, his family moved to Winona to care for his grandmother. After leaving Macalester, he did software engineering contract work for MTS Systems, Deluxe Corp. and Virtual University Enterprises in Bloomington. He also worked as an analyst for the Minnesota Department of Revenue. As part of the process of preparing to go public, Allaire turned over the CEO role at the company to a more experienced executive, 39-year-old David J. Orfao.>> |
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{{cite news |last=Beal |first=David |date=1999-01-26 |title=From Macalaster to Millions//Newly Public Allaire Corp., Now Based in Boston, Springs From Liberal Arts-Grounded Talent |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EB5E38353880F8D?p=AWNB |newspaper=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]] |accessdate=2015-11-02 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6cjFa0D56 |archivedate=2015-11-02 }}The article notes: A liberal arts degree normally isn't a hot piece of paper in today's work world, but a 29-year-old Macalester College graduate just spun his into a cool $96 million.J.J. Allaire, who graduated from St. Paul's Macalester College in 1991, suddenly finds himself worth that much in the wake of a stock offering that took his company public last Friday. The software development company he started four years ago, Allaire Corp., was founded almost entirely on talent bred at Macalester. He and seven other friends from the small liberal arts school, including his younger brother Jeremy, were among the company's first 13 employees. Three of the remaining five were siblings or spouses of Macalester students. ... J.J. Allaire is the company's largest single shareholder with 19.2 percent of the stock, valued at $497.8 million based on its Monday closing price. That puts a value of $95.6 million on his stake. The article provides detailed biographical background about the subject: Green recalled working with J.J. Allaire in the late 1980s to develop a computer simulation of a presidential campaign. He said that project led to a course, "Constructing Political Theories," at Macalester and, eventually, to the concepts that underlie ColdFusion.Green said Allaire would say, a day or two before the deadline for a particular project or exam, that he was far from prepared. Then he would come in and breeze through it in good order. "He was always kind of an entrepreneurial guy. He's really imaginative. He took some computer courses, but not very many." Allaire is originally from Philadelphia. After his grandfather died when he was 12 years old, his family moved to Winona to care for his grandmother. After leaving Macalester, he did software engineering contract work for MTS Systems, Deluxe Corp. and Virtual University Enterprises in Bloomington. He also worked as an analyst for the Minnesota Department of Revenue. As part of the process of preparing to go public, Allaire turned over the CEO role at the company to a more experienced executive, 39-year-old David J. Orfao. |
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{{cite news |last=Ojeda-Zapata |first=Julio |date=2006-10-11 |title=A New Frontier For Microsoft - A Former Twins Citian Is Helping the Software Giant Shed Its Image As a Plodding Pachyderm By Developing Windows Live Writer, a Small, Speedy Web-Publishing Program That Lets Blog Authors Post to Any Hosting Service, Not Just Those Run By the Company |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/114D1DD3388690D8?p=AWNB |newspaper=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]] |accessdate=2015-11-02 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6cjFvrcPq |archivedate=2015-11-02 }}The article notes: When Minnesotan and Microsoft worker J.J. Allaire recently launched Windows Live Writer, a Web-publishing program for blog authors, he hardly expected the fanfare that surrounds landmark Microsoft releases such as an Office productivity suite or a Windows operating system.... Allaire was working on his programs before Microsoft bought his Onfolio company in March, but has improved them since then. He offered them up as evidence that an exciting era is dawning at his Redmond, Wash.-based workplace. Allaire, a Macalester College graduate, said he and his Onfolio comrades are in good company at Microsoft. ... Allaire, in an interview, said he insisted on such broad compatibility, and met little resistance. The former Twin Citian -- who left in 1996 after founding Web-tech firm Allaire Corp. with his brother Jeremy -- said his blog-posting program may be built to work with Windows Live, but it's intended for all bloggers. It's part of a broad push to create a two-way Web in which anyone can publish content as well as read it, and develop an audience via blog-posting tools, he said. |
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{{cite news |last=Ojeda-Zapata |first=Julio |date=2006-10-11 |title=A New Frontier For Microsoft - A Former Twins Citian Is Helping the Software Giant Shed Its Image As a Plodding Pachyderm By Developing Windows Live Writer, a Small, Speedy Web-Publishing Program That Lets Blog Authors Post to Any Hosting Service, Not Just Those Run By the Company |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/114D1DD3388690D8?p=AWNB |newspaper=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]] |accessdate=2015-11-02 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6cjFvrcPq |archivedate=2015-11-02 }}The article notes: When Minnesotan and Microsoft worker J.J. Allaire recently launched Windows Live Writer, a Web-publishing program for blog authors, he hardly expected the fanfare that surrounds landmark Microsoft releases such as an Office productivity suite or a Windows operating system.... Allaire was working on his programs before Microsoft bought his Onfolio company in March, but has improved them since then. He offered them up as evidence that an exciting era is dawning at his Redmond, Wash.-based workplace. Allaire, a Macalester College graduate, said he and his Onfolio comrades are in good company at Microsoft. ... Allaire, in an interview, said he insisted on such broad compatibility, and met little resistance. The former Twin Citian -- who left in 1996 after founding Web-tech firm Allaire Corp. with his brother Jeremy -- said his blog-posting program may be built to work with Windows Live, but it's intended for all bloggers. It's part of a broad push to create a two-way Web in which anyone can publish content as well as read it, and develop an audience via blog-posting tools, he said. |
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{{cite news |last=Wallack |first=Todd |date=1999-01-23 |title=Allaire sees stellar market debut |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EB4DAF2519867C2?p=AWNB |newspaper=[[Boston Herald]] |accessdate=2015-11-02 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6cjGE2X6D |archivedate=2015-11-02 }}The article notes: In 1995, J.J. Allaire invested $18,000 in a promising Web tool he had created, called Cold Fusion.Yesterday, the 29-year-old self-taught programmer cashed in. His Cambridge company's stock more than doubled in value on its first day of trading - giving Allaire a paper gain of $80 million. Allaire Corp. shares rose $23.75 to $43.75, raising $50 million. Not bad, considering the company has never turned a profit. But Allaire said he never thought about striking it rich when he started the Net firm in Minneapolis, a few years after he graduated from Macalister College. "It was really just about wanting to create a product," he said. He moved the firm to Massachusetts in late 1996. Allaire was planning a modest celebration with employees last night at a Somerville bar and another get-together over the weekend with friends. But Allaire, who owns just under 20 percent of the firm, won't be the only one to celebrate. Venture capitalists from Prism Venture Partners are also cashing in big. And Allaire said all 170 employees have at least some stock options. "I think people are really excited," he said. |
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{{cite news |last=Wallack |first=Todd |date=1999-01-23 |title=Allaire sees stellar market debut |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EB4DAF2519867C2?p=AWNB |newspaper=[[Boston Herald]] |accessdate=2015-11-02 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6cjGE2X6D |archivedate=2015-11-02 }}The article notes: In 1995, J.J. Allaire invested $18,000 in a promising Web tool he had created, called Cold Fusion.Yesterday, the 29-year-old self-taught programmer cashed in. His Cambridge company's stock more than doubled in value on its first day of trading - giving Allaire a paper gain of $80 million. Allaire Corp. shares rose $23.75 to $43.75, raising $50 million. Not bad, considering the company has never turned a profit. But Allaire said he never thought about striking it rich when he started the Net firm in Minneapolis, a few years after he graduated from Macalister College. "It was really just about wanting to create a product," he said. He moved the firm to Massachusetts in late 1996. Allaire was planning a modest celebration with employees last night at a Somerville bar and another get-together over the weekend with friends. But Allaire, who owns just under 20 percent of the firm, won't be the only one to celebrate. Venture capitalists from Prism Venture Partners are also cashing in big. And Allaire said all 170 employees have at least some stock options. "I think people are really excited," he said. |
