Yep, it’s true…on Friday night, Sep 30 (yes that is Q3!), the final bits for NewsGator Enterprise Server 1.0 were burned to a master CD. It’s being duplicated and shipped to customers this morning.
I’m still in a bit of shock. This product has been a long time (about a year or so) in the making…and nearly everyone at NewsGator has had a hand in it in one way or another.
So to the team that got this out the door – you guys rock!
And to that team, I _know_ you’re all reading my blog…because I pushed out a group subscription to all “Domain Users”. Ah, the perks of being an administrator… ;-)
NewsGator announced today that it has acquired NetNewsWire, the most popular Mac-based RSS reader. Many of the folks involved, including Brent Simmons (NetNewsWire), Greg Reinacker (NewsGator CTO / founder), Nick Bradbury (FeedDemon creator – now part of NewsGator), Sandy Hamilton (NewsGator EVP Sales/Marketing), and JB Holston (NewsGator CEO). Rather than repeat what they’ve said, I’ll try to cover different ground. When I originally invested in NewsGator in June 2004, the company consisted of Greg Reinacker and one other part time person. I wrote a post describing why I invested in NewsGator. In September 2004, I wrote a post about NewsGator’s…[more]
NewsGator announced today that it has acquired NetNewsWire, the most popular Mac-based RSS reader. Also, in May 2005, NewsGator acquired FeedDemon And NewsGator shipped their Enterprise Server product on Friday. Why all this activity? Well, according to Brad Feld,…[more]
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