In 2008, Allaire, Paul DiCristina and Charles Teague co-founded FitNow, a company dedicated to mobile health and fitness applications, and created Lose It!, a mobile weight loss application with over 17 million users. Windows Live Writer was distributed by Microsoft as part of Windows Essentials, until it was discontinued in 2015 and forked into an open-source version called Open Live Writer. At Microsoft, Allaire created a blog publishing product called Windows Live Writer, initially released in 2007. Onfolio was acquired by Microsoft in 2006. In 2002, Allaire co-founded Onfolio with Adam Berrey and Charles Teague and led the development of its suite of tools for web research and publishing, released in 2004.

Onfolio, Microsoft, and Windows Live Writer In 2001, Allaire Corporation was acquired by Macromedia. Īllaire Corporation had an initial public offering in 1999. Allaire served as the Chairman and CEO of Allaire Corporation, then as its Executive Vice President of Products after hiring David Orfao as the company's CEO. Īllaire moved the company to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1996 with his brother and founding team member, Jeremy Allaire.

The same year, Allaire founded Allaire Corporation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Joseph J Allaire received his bachelor's degree from Macalester College in St. Allaire is currently the founder and CEO of statistical computing company RStudio. Allaire created LoseIt! and Windows Live Writer. He created the ColdFusion programming language and web application server and founded Allaire Corporation, OnFolio, FitNow, and RStudio. Allaire, is an American-born software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. Allaire (born 1969), better known professionally as J. Entrepreneur, software engineer, inventorĬoldFusion, Allaire Corporation, Macromedia, Windows Live Writer, LoseIt!, RStudioĬreator of ColdFusion, Founder of Allaire Corporation, Founder of Onfolio, Creator of Windows Live Writer, Founder of FitNow, Creator of Lose It!, Founder of RStudio

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