Free-Conversant

Kudos to Terry Frazier for posting message number 8000 on the Free-Conversant support site.

Message number 1 was posted on March 10, 2000... almost five years ago. (That's the day we reset the support site after the Free-Conversant's initial three-month beta period.)

And if you think the prize for message 8K is good, just wait until somebody wins the 10K prize! ;-)

DANVILLE, CA -- October 19, 2004 -- UserLand Software is pleased to announce that it has acquired TLS, secure web client/server software originally implemented for UserLand's platform by Macrobyte Resources. TLS, which stands for "Transport Layer Security," is the industry standard for securing web communications. UserLand's TLS will provide companies and individuals deploying UserLand's products with a means of ensuring that their communications over the Internet will remain secure and private.

"Security has become a primary concern for many people using the Internet," said Scott Young, President and CEO of UserLand." We are pleased to now be able to offer our customers these tools for running a secure web server." UserLand's TLS offerings can be used with both of the company's products, Manila and Radio Userland, to create a secure communications channel for sharing mission critical information.

"I'm quite pleased that UserLand has taken over TLS," said Seth Dillingham, President of Macrobyte Resources. "This shows a commitment to enhancing the tools..."

Read the full press release on UserLand's site.

Related to the last news item, Clark Venable has written about his use of Conversant and MarsEdit together to post to multiple weblogs. He's obviously found a winning combination, as Waking Up Costs has been the busiest site on our network for most of the last week!