JJ Allaire
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In 1995 Joseph J. Allaire co-founded Allaire Corporation
with his brother Jeremy Allaire
, creating the web development tool ColdFusion
. In March 2001, Allaire was sold to Macromedia
where ColdFusion was integrated into the Macromedia MX product line. Macromedia was subsequently acquired by Adobe Systems
, which continues to develop and market ColdFusion.
After the sale of his company, Allaire became frustrated at the difficulty of keeping track of research he was doing using Google
. To address this problem, he co-founded Onfolio in 2004 with Adam Berrey, former Allaire co-founder and VP of Marketing at Macromedia.
On March 8, 2006, Onfolio was acquired by Microsoft
where many of the features of the original product are being incorporated into the Windows Live Toolbar
.
On August 13, 2006, Microsoft released the public beta of a new desktop blogging client called Windows Live Writer
that was created by Allaire's team at Microsoft.
Starting in 2009, Allaire has been developing a web-based interface to the widely used R technical computing environment
. A beta version of RStudio was publicly released on February 28, 2011.
JJ Allaire received his B.A. from Macalester College
(St. Paul, MN) in 1991.
Allaire Corporation
Allaire Corporation was a computer software company founded by Jeremy and JJ Allaire in Minnesota, later headquartered in Cambridge, then Newton, Massachusetts...
with his brother Jeremy Allaire
Jeremy Allaire
In 1995 Jeremy D. Allaire co-founded Allaire Corporation with his brother JJ Allaire, creating the web development tool ColdFusion. When Macromedia acquired Allaire in March 2001, Mr. Allaire became Chief Technology Officer. At Macromedia, Allaire helped create the Macromedia MX platform...
, creating the web development tool ColdFusion
ColdFusion
In computing, ColdFusion is the name of a commercial rapid application development platform invented by Jeremy and JJ Allaire in 1995. ColdFusion was originally designed to make it easier to connect simple HTML pages to a database, by version 2 it had...
. In March 2001, Allaire was sold to Macromedia
Macromedia
Macromedia was an American graphics and web development software company headquartered in San Francisco, California that produced such products as Flash and Dreamweaver. Its rival, Adobe Systems, acquired Macromedia on December 3, 2005 and controls the line of Macromedia...
where ColdFusion was integrated into the Macromedia MX product line. Macromedia was subsequently acquired by Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...
, which continues to develop and market ColdFusion.
After the sale of his company, Allaire became frustrated at the difficulty of keeping track of research he was doing using Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
. To address this problem, he co-founded Onfolio in 2004 with Adam Berrey, former Allaire co-founder and VP of Marketing at Macromedia.
On March 8, 2006, Onfolio was acquired by Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
where many of the features of the original product are being incorporated into the Windows Live Toolbar
Windows Live Toolbar
Windows Live Toolbar was an browser extension toolbar for Internet Explorer. It superseded MSN Search Toolbar. Windows Live Toolbar provided a simple search interface that starts to list results as the user types in a search query, and uses Bing as its search engine...
.
On August 13, 2006, Microsoft released the public beta of a new desktop blogging client called Windows Live Writer
Windows Live Writer
Windows Live Writer, developed by Microsoft, is a desktop blog-publishing application that is part of the Windows Live range of products. It features WYSIWYG authoring, photo-publishing and map-publishing functionality, and is currently compatible with Windows Live Spaces, SharePoint blogs,...
that was created by Allaire's team at Microsoft.
Starting in 2009, Allaire has been developing a web-based interface to the widely used R technical computing environment
R (programming language)
R is a programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics. The R language is widely used among statisticians for developing statistical software, and R is widely used for statistical software development and data analysis....
. A beta version of RStudio was publicly released on February 28, 2011.
JJ Allaire received his B.A. from Macalester College
Macalester College
Macalester College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was founded in 1874 as a Presbyterian-affiliated but nonsectarian college. Its first class entered September 15, 1885. The college is located on a campus in a historic residential neighborhood...
(St. Paul, MN) in 1991.