NewsForge: Developer Begets LAMP-based Online Financial Package Sep 2, 2004, 07 :45 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (5301 reads) (Other stories by Tina Gasperson)
"The Adams-Blake company's Jaya123.com is home to a cross-platform, Web-based financial system that came to be because of one programmer's frustration with Windows' instability and susceptibility to viruses.
"Jaya123 exists because Adams-Blake CEO Al Canton got tired of trying to run his small publishing house and software business on Windows. He was using and selling a standalone receivables program called Pub123, while at the same time printing and marketing niche publications like 'The Complete Guide to Moving a Corporate Data Center' at $99 a pop. Canton said he was selling about 1,000 copies a year until recently..."