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8 <center><h6>About Freeside Internet Services, Inc. and the Freeside project</h6></center>
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10 <p>Freeside had its start as an internal application for a large regional ISP in 1996. In 1998, after obtaining copyright to the code from his former employer, Ivan Kohler releaesd the first open-source version of the code.
11 Growing demand for commercial support and services prompted him to start providing Freeside consulting full-time in 2001.
12 <p>Freeside Internet Services, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and now has a full-time staff of several programmers. The company provides consulting services, pre-configured hardware, support, customization and training for the Freeside billing system and other aspects of ISP and network operations. Freeside Internet Services, Inc. is a privately held California corporation.
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21 <b>Ivan Kohler</b><br>
22 <i>President and Janitor</i>
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31 <b>Jeff Finucane</b><br>
32 <i>Software Developer Extraordinaire</i>
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47 <b>Rebecca Cardennis</b><br>
48 <i>Designer Emeritus</i>
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57 <b>Julia Murillo</b><br>
58 <i>Shipping and Receiving, Interim director of music selection</i>
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