Press Release SOURCE: Deersoft, Inc. Deersoft Emerges to Combat Spam
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2002--Spam, unwanted and offensive email, is an overwhelming problem that many see getting worse every day. Spam not only wastes individuals' valuable time and attention every time their email program opens, it is of grave concern to parents protecting their children's email. Craig Hughes and Gordon Kruberg today announced the formation of Deersoft, Inc. and the company's plans to develop and release anti-spam software for consumers and the businesses that serve them. "Deersoft is an incredible opportunity to grow a business that solves an immense problem for consumers," said Gordon Kruberg, Deersoft co-founder and C.E.O. "This is an exciting time to start a company, especially with technology that already has a successful and proven track record." Deersoft was born out of the open source community, where company co-founder Craig Hughes manages the anti-spam project SpamAssassin. The SpamAssassin project has an installed base of over 30,000 email servers supporting millions of email users, and has received tremendous accolades for its speed and effectiveness. Craig Hughes makes his ongoing dedication to the open software community clear, "Deersoft is committed to supporting the open source community, and is pleased to announce the release today of SpamAssassin(TM) 2.3.0." In the coming weeks Deersoft will release the consumer version of SpamAssassin(TM) as well as an enterprise edition. Both will be available for download through the company's website at http://www.deersoft.com/ W. Gordon Kruberg, M.D. In addition to Deersoft, Gordon serves as co-founder and director of Schoolpop, Inc., a leader in education funding solutions, and as director of HopeLink Corporation, a healthcare information technology company that provides web-based products and services that build efficiency into the clinical trial process. Gordon also has 15 years of experience with venture capital companies, both as a partner at Grace Horn Ventures and as an operating executive in several start-up companies. Gordon holds an A.B. in Human Biology, a M.S. degree in Engineering from Stanford University and an M.D. degree from Northwestern University. Craig Hughes Craig brings 10 years of software development experience to Deersoft. Prior to founding the company, Craig co-founded Panop.com where he led the technical team, developing a web-based dynamic content generation engine. Broadbase Software acquired Panop in July 2000. He has been involved in open source development since 1995 and is the current maintainer of the open source SpamAssassin project. Craig attended Stanford University, majoring in Symbolic Systems. About Deersoft, Inc. Founded earlier this year, Deersoft is a privately held company based in Palo Alto, CA. In the coming days and weeks, Deersoft will announce products to solve the biggest day-to-day problem faced by email users: Spam. Please visit the website at www.deersoft.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact: Deersoft, Inc. Kelly Herman, 650/799-8808 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas - http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm?source=osdntextlink _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
