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| name = Sausage Software
| name = Sausage Software
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| type = [[Proprietary limited company]]<ref name="1995copyright">{{cite web|url=http://www1.sausage.com/copyrite.htm|title=Sausage Software Copyright Information|year=1995|publisher= Sausage Software|accessdate=13 April 2010|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/19961020024455/http://www1.sausage.com/copyrite.htm|archivedate= 20 October 1996}}</ref>
| type = [[Proprietary limited company]]<ref name="1995copyright">{{cite web|url=http://www1.sausage.com/copyrite.htm|title=Sausage Software Copyright Information|year=1995|publisher= Sausage Software|accessdate=13 April 2010|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/19961020024455/http://www1.sausage.com/copyrite.htm|archivedate= 20 October 1996}}</ref>
| genre = [[Web development]]
| genre = [[Web development]]
| predecessor =
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| fate = Merged into SMS Management & Technology in 2000
| fate = Merged into SMS Management & Technology in 2000
| foundation = [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]] ({{Start date|df=yes|1995}})
| foundation = [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]] ({{Start date|df=yes|1995}})
| founder = [[Steve Outtrim]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.netbloke.com/newsletters/latest.shtml#editorial|title=NetBloke.com - What happened to Sausage Software?|accessdate=13 April 2010}}</ref>
| founder = [[Steve Outtrim]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.netbloke.com/newsletters/latest.shtml#editorial|title=NetBloke.com - What happened to Sausage Software?|accessdate=13 April 2010}}</ref>
| location_city = [[Melbourne]]
| location_city = [[Melbourne]]
| location_country = [[Australia]]
| location_country = [[Australia]]
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| key_people = Kevin Pownall <small>(Chief Operating Officer)</small><ref name="Who'swho1995">{{cite web|url=http://www.sausage.com/who.htm|title=Who's Who at Sausage Software|year=1995|publisher=Sausage Software|accessdate=13 April 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961221190118/http://www.sausage.com/who.htm|archivedate=21 December 1996}}</ref><br>
| key_people = Kevin Pownall <small>(Chief Operating Officer)</small><ref name="Who'swho1995">{{cite web|url=http://www.sausage.com/who.htm|title=Who's Who at Sausage Software|year=1995|publisher=Sausage Software|accessdate=13 April 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961221190118/http://www.sausage.com/who.htm|archivedate=21 December 1996}}</ref><br />
Jim Paulyshyn <small>(Marketing Director)</small> <br>
Jim Paulyshyn <small>(Marketing Director)</small> <br />
Steve Meltzer <small>(Marketing Director)</small> <br>
Steve Meltzer <small>(Marketing Director)</small> <br />
Adrian Vanzyl <small>(Director of software development)</small> <br>
Adrian Vanzyl <small>(Director of software development)</small> <br />
Marty Hill <small>(Senior Systems Engineer)</small>
Marty Hill <small>(Senior Systems Engineer)</small>
| industry = [[Web publishing]]
| industry = [[Web publishing]]
| products = [[HotDog|HotDog Web Editor]]
| products = [[HotDog|HotDog Web Editor]]
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'''Sausage Software''' was an Australian [[Computer software|software]] company, founded by entrepreneur [[Steve Outtrim]], which produced one of the world's most successful [[HTML editor|web editors]]: the [[HotDog]] web authoring tool.<ref name="computerworld">O’Neill, Rob: [http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/CC256CED0016AD1ECC25684C000DFEF2 "Creative anarchy recipe of Sausage's success"], ''Computerworld'', Auckland, 19 October 1996</ref> The product and company name have since been purchased by an Australian consulting firm, SMS Management & Technology.<ref name="zdnet">Lebihan, Rachel: [http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/soa/Sausage-to-raise-17million/0,139023165,120220085,00.htm "Sausage to raise $17million"], ''ZDNet Australia'', 7 May 2001</ref><ref name="arnnet-86512">King, Agnes: [http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/86512/sausage_maker_jumps_from_barbie_pool/ "The Sausage maker jumps from barbie to pool"], ''ARN'', 3 July 2000</ref>
'''Sausage Software''' was an Australian [[Computer software|software]] company, founded by entrepreneur [[Steve Outtrim]], which produced one of the world's most successful [[HTML editor|web editors]]: the [[HotDog]] web authoring tool.<ref name="computerworld">O’Neill, Rob: [http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/CC256CED0016AD1ECC25684C000DFEF2 "Creative anarchy recipe of Sausage's success"], ''Computerworld'', Auckland, 19 October 1996</ref> The product and company name have since been purchased by an Australian consulting firm, SMS Management & Technology.<ref name="zdnet">Lebihan, Rachel: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080127124045/http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/soa/Sausage-to-raise-17million/0,139023165,120220085,00.htm "Sausage to raise $17million"], ''ZDNet Australia'', 7 May 2001</ref><ref name="arnnet-86512">King, Agnes: [http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/86512/sausage_maker_jumps_from_barbie_pool/ "The Sausage maker jumps from barbie to pool"], ''ARN'', 3 July 2000</ref>


HotDog and the company became the 'dotcom darling' of the Australian media receiving a large amount of media exposure due to the young age of the company's founder and staff featuring pinball machines and a pool table in the company's reception area.<ref name="computerworld" />
HotDog and the company became the 'dotcom darling' of the Australian media receiving a large amount of media exposure due to the young age of the company's founder and staff featuring pinball machines and a pool table in the company's reception area.<ref name="computerworld" />
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* A unique freeware [[Bitmap textures|texture]] generator called Reptile<ref name="winplanet">Smith, Douglas: [http://cws.internet.com/article/1717-.htm "Sausage Software Reptile: Create Funky Backgrounds"], ''WinPlanet'', n.d.</ref>
* A unique freeware [[Bitmap textures|texture]] generator called Reptile<ref name="winplanet">Smith, Douglas: [http://cws.internet.com/article/1717-.htm "Sausage Software Reptile: Create Funky Backgrounds"], ''WinPlanet'', n.d.</ref>
* An early micro-payment system called the eVend Cashlet<ref name="eVEND">CobraBoy: [http://www.xent.com/FoRK-archive/may97/0003.html "Business Editors/Computer Writers"], ''eVEND'', Melbourne, Australia (Business Wire), 5 May 1997</ref>
* An early micro-payment system called the eVend Cashlet<ref name="eVEND">CobraBoy: [http://www.xent.com/FoRK-archive/may97/0003.html "Business Editors/Computer Writers"], ''eVEND'', Melbourne, Australia (Business Wire), 5 May 1997</ref>
* A Java Electronic Commerce Server (JECS), a generalized [[middleware]] layer serving [[Java Applet]]s with database data on request via an [[XML]]-like request/response protocol.<ref name="arnnet-91447">Fitzsimmons, Caitlin: [http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/91447/sausage_finds_winning_formula/ "Sausage finds winning formula"], ''ARN'', 16 February 2000</ref><ref name="sspl">[http://sysol.com.au/clients.html "Clients: Sausage Software"], ''System Solutions Pty Ltd'', 2007</ref>
* A Java Electronic Commerce Server (JECS), a generalised [[middleware]] layer serving [[Java Applet]]s with database data on request via an [[XML]]-like request/response protocol.<ref name="arnnet-91447">Fitzsimmons, Caitlin: [http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/91447/sausage_finds_winning_formula/ "Sausage finds winning formula"], ''ARN'', 16 February 2000</ref><ref name="sspl">[http://sysol.com.au/clients.html "Clients: Sausage Software"], ''System Solutions Pty Ltd'', 2007</ref>


Their website was one of the most popular at the time, receiving 250,000 hits per day in 1996.<ref name="Australia1996">{{cite book|author=Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia|title=Charter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WBQcAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=19 December 2011|year=1996|publisher=Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia|page=29}}</ref>
Their website was one of the most popular at the time, receiving 250,000 hits per day in 1996.<ref name="Australia1996">{{cite book|author=Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia|title=Charter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WBQcAQAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia|page=29}}</ref>


==Products==
==Products==
;Software
;Software
{{columns-list|2|
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* Boomer
* Boomer
* [[HotDog]]
* [[HotDog]]
* [[Reptile (software)|Reptile]]
* Reptile
* SiteFx
* SiteFx
* Business in a Box
}}
}}
;Snaglets
;Snaglets
{{columns-list|2|
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* Bandwidth Buster
* Bandwidth Buster
* Bookworm
* Bookworm
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* ImageWiz
* ImageWiz
* Jackhammer
* Jackhammer
* Lockout
* Mousetrap
* Mousetrap
* Swami
* Swami
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* Weenies
* Weenies


Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.sausage.com/whatsnew.htm |title=What's New at Sausage Software |accessdate=2010-04-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970210150525/http://www1.sausage.com/whatsnew.htm |archivedate=10 February 1997 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.sausage.com/oldnews.htm |title=Older News at Sausage Software |accessdate=2010-04-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970210150945/http://www1.sausage.com/oldnews.htm |archivedate=10 February 1997 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.sausage.com/howorder.htm |title=How To Purchase Sausage Software Products |accessdate=2010-04-14 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970210150533/http://www1.sausage.com/howorder.htm |archivedate=10 February 1997 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sausage.com/store/sttop/graphics/snaglet.GIF |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-10-02 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040721142330/http://www.sausage.com/store/sttop/graphics/snaglet.GIF |archivedate=21 July 2004 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.sausage.com/soft1.htm |title=Software We Make |accessdate=2011-09-09 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961020054255/http://www1.sausage.com/soft1.htm |archivedate=20 October 1996 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>http://www.sausage.com/products.html</ref>
Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.sausage.com/whatsnew.htm |title=What's New at Sausage Software |accessdate=2010-04-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970210150525/http://www1.sausage.com/whatsnew.htm |archivedate=10 February 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.sausage.com/oldnews.htm |title=Older News at Sausage Software |accessdate=2010-04-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970210150945/http://www1.sausage.com/oldnews.htm |archivedate=10 February 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.sausage.com/howorder.htm |title=How To Purchase Sausage Software Products |accessdate=2010-04-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970210150533/http://www1.sausage.com/howorder.htm |archivedate=10 February 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sausage.com/store/sttop/graphics/snaglet.GIF |title=HotDog Web Editors - HotDog Professional, HotDog PageWiz, HotDog Junior, FlashPoint, RSS News Readers, and SuperToolz - Created by Sausage Software |accessdate=2013-10-02 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040721142330/http://www.sausage.com/store/sttop/graphics/snaglet.GIF |archivedate=21 July 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.sausage.com/soft1.htm |title=Software We Make |accessdate=2011-09-09 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961020054255/http://www1.sausage.com/soft1.htm |archivedate=20 October 1996}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sausage.com/products.html |title=HotDog Web Editors - HotDog Professional, HotDog PageWiz, HotDog Junior, FlashPoint, RSS News Readers, and SuperToolz - Created by Sausage Software |access-date=2 October 2013 |archive-date=5 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005112233/http://www.sausage.com/products.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abr.business.gov.au/AbnHistory/View/82070415842 |title=Historical details for ABN 82 070 415 842 {{!}} ABN Lookup |website=www.abr.business.gov.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618062915/http://www.abr.business.gov.au/AbnHistory/View/82070415842 |archive-date=2019-06-18}} </ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961020040501/www1.sausage.com/index2.htm |date=20 October 1996 |title=About }}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961020040501/http://www1.sausage.com/index2.htm |date=20 October 1996 |title=About }}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961020054255/http://www1.sausage.com/soft1.htm |date=20 October 1996 |title=Software }}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961020054255/http://www1.sausage.com/soft1.htm |date=20 October 1996 |title=Software }}


[[Category:Information technology companies of Australia]]
[[Category:Defunct software companies of Australia]]

Latest revision as of 16:41, 5 July 2024

Sausage Software
Company typeProprietary limited company[1]
IndustryWeb publishing
GenreWeb development
FoundedMelbourne, Australia (1995 (1995))
FounderSteve Outtrim[2]
FateMerged into SMS Management & Technology in 2000
Headquarters
Melbourne
,
Australia
Key people
Kevin Pownall (Chief Operating Officer)[3]

Jim Paulyshyn (Marketing Director)
Steve Meltzer (Marketing Director)
Adrian Vanzyl (Director of software development)

Marty Hill (Senior Systems Engineer)
ProductsHotDog Web Editor

Sausage Software was an Australian software company, founded by entrepreneur Steve Outtrim, which produced one of the world's most successful web editors: the HotDog web authoring tool.[4] The product and company name have since been purchased by an Australian consulting firm, SMS Management & Technology.[5][6]

HotDog and the company became the 'dotcom darling' of the Australian media receiving a large amount of media exposure due to the young age of the company's founder and staff featuring pinball machines and a pool table in the company's reception area.[4]

Sausage Software also invested in various other pioneering software strategies and products:

  • A range of small independent software products called "snaglets"[4][7]
  • A unique freeware texture generator called Reptile[8]
  • An early micro-payment system called the eVend Cashlet[9]
  • A Java Electronic Commerce Server (JECS), a generalised middleware layer serving Java Applets with database data on request via an XML-like request/response protocol.[10][11]

Their website was one of the most popular at the time, receiving 250,000 hits per day in 1996.[12]

Products

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Software
  • Boomer
  • HotDog
  • Reptile
  • SiteFx
  • Business in a Box
Snaglets
  • Bandwidth Buster
  • Bookworm
  • Broadway
  • Clikette
  • CrossEye
  • Dummy
  • Egor the Animator
  • Fash
  • FrameGang
  • Gatling
  • ImageWiz
  • Jackhammer
  • Lockout
  • Mousetrap
  • Swami
Other
  • Weenies

Source:[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

References

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  1. ^ "Sausage Software Copyright Information". Sausage Software. 1995. Archived from the original on 20 October 1996. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  2. ^ "NetBloke.com - What happened to Sausage Software?". Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Who's Who at Sausage Software". Sausage Software. 1995. Archived from the original on 21 December 1996. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  4. ^ a b c O’Neill, Rob: "Creative anarchy recipe of Sausage's success", Computerworld, Auckland, 19 October 1996
  5. ^ Lebihan, Rachel: "Sausage to raise $17million", ZDNet Australia, 7 May 2001
  6. ^ King, Agnes: "The Sausage maker jumps from barbie to pool", ARN, 3 July 2000
  7. ^ Carton, Sean: "Hot Links and Snaglets", Wired, 28 May 1997
  8. ^ Smith, Douglas: "Sausage Software Reptile: Create Funky Backgrounds", WinPlanet, n.d.
  9. ^ CobraBoy: "Business Editors/Computer Writers", eVEND, Melbourne, Australia (Business Wire), 5 May 1997
  10. ^ Fitzsimmons, Caitlin: "Sausage finds winning formula", ARN, 16 February 2000
  11. ^ "Clients: Sausage Software", System Solutions Pty Ltd, 2007
  12. ^ Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (1996). Charter. Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. p. 29.
  13. ^ "What's New at Sausage Software". Archived from the original on 10 February 1997. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  14. ^ "Older News at Sausage Software". Archived from the original on 10 February 1997. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  15. ^ "How To Purchase Sausage Software Products". Archived from the original on 10 February 1997. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  16. ^ "HotDog Web Editors - HotDog Professional, HotDog PageWiz, HotDog Junior, FlashPoint, RSS News Readers, and SuperToolz - Created by Sausage Software". Archived from the original on 21 July 2004. Retrieved 2 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  17. ^ "Software We Make". Archived from the original on 20 October 1996. Retrieved 9 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  18. ^ "HotDog Web Editors - HotDog Professional, HotDog PageWiz, HotDog Junior, FlashPoint, RSS News Readers, and SuperToolz - Created by Sausage Software". Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  19. ^ "Historical details for ABN 82 070 415 842 | ABN Lookup". www.abr.business.gov.au. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019.
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