Dan Bricklin

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Writing apps in native code has the advantage of having direct access to all of the functionality that the device manufacturer provides to developers through the operating system API. This API usually lets a developer access most of what the manufacturer uses for their built-in apps for the device.

Until early 2004, Mr. Bricklin served as CTO of Interland, Inc., after it acquired his previous company, Trellix Corporation, in 2003. Prior to founding Trellix in 1995, he served as president of Software Garden, Inc., where he developed a variety of software programs, including Dan Bricklin's Demo Program. Mr. Bricklin also cofounded Slate Corporation, a developer of application software for pen computers, as well as Software Arts, the developer of VisiCalc.

Dan Bricklin is currently president of Software Garden, Inc., a small consulting firm and developer of software applications that he founded in 1985. Its most popular product is Note Taker HD for the Apple iPad.

The PhoneGap system started out as an Open Source project from a company named Nitobi. The company was acquired by Adobe in 2011. The code was then contributed to the Apache Software Foundation, where it is known as Apache Cordova and is therefore somewhat independent of Adobe, though Adobe is a main contributor to, and distributor of, the project. Adobe distributes the Open Source Cordova code under the name PhoneGap and provides services called PhoneGap Build. We will use the terms Cordova and PhoneGap somewhat interchangeably except as noted.

In early 1990, Dan co-founded a new, venture capital funded, software development company, Slate Corporation, along with other personal computer industry veterans. Slate's mission was to develop applications software for pen computers. With the lackluster sale of pen computers, Slate closed its doors after four years, and Dan returned to Software Garden.

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