IT Manager's Journal: Linux Goes whaBAM! | Linux Today

IT Manager’s Journal: Linux Goes whaBAM!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 23, 2006

“Some may think the last thing the world needs is another Web
entity that includes an exclamation point in its name, but whaBAM!
founder Eren Niazi wanted a moniker for his new online auction site
that would grab attention. WhaBAM!, built on Linux, Apache, MySQL,
and PHP, is Niazi’s second venture featuring open source
software.

“Niazi graduated from high school in 1995. Before he took off
for college, Circuit City offered him a job in corporate sales. He
quickly became the number one sales rep in California before his
twentieth birthday, and decided college could wait…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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