J. J. Allaire | |
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 Allaire presenting at the Web 2.0 Conference in 2005 | |
| Born | Joseph J. Allaire September 27, 1969 South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Macalester College |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, software engineer, inventor |
| Known for | ColdFusion, Allaire Corporation, Macromedia, Windows Live Writer, LoseIt!, RStudio |
| Title | Creator of ColdFusion, Founder of Allaire Corporation, Founder of Onfolio, Creator of Windows Live Writer, Founder of FitNow, Creator of Lose It!, Founder of Posit (formerly RStudio) |
| Relatives | Jeremy Allaire (brother) |
| Website | github |
Joseph J. Allaire (born 1969),[1] better known professionally as J. J. Allaire, is an American-born software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. He created the ColdFusion programming language and web application server,[2][3][4] founded Allaire Corporation, OnFolio,[5] FitNow,[6] and RStudio, and created LoseIt! and Windows Live Writer. Allaire is currently the founder and CEO of statistical computing company Posit (formerly RStudio Inc).
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