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<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 released the first open-source version of the code.
Growing demand for commercial support and services prompted him to start providing Freeside consulting full-time in 2001.
<img src="imgs/freesideworld.gif" width="229" height="256" class="rightFloat">
<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 released the first open-source version of the code.
Growing demand for commercial support and services prompted him to start providing Freeside consulting full-time in 2001.