“They said it could not be done. Then they looked at the site and changed.”
The diagrams and images on this site are the proof
The Platform
Four components that defined an industry — before the industry had a name
Applications
The AppNet framework — industry-vertical applications delivered over the network
The Gateway
Built on Minix — multi-modem, multi-user networking in 1988
First App
Online employment recruitment — the first application delivered as a service
Community
BBS reinvented as in-application knowledge and Q&A — 1994
The First Online Payment Gateway
Taking payment over a network was considered impossible by most of the industry. The architecture was already running.
The diagram to the right was drawn at the time it was built. Not reconstructed later. Not described from memory. Drawn. Documented. Deployed.
See the full journey
The first online payment gateway — documented as it was built
Fourteen Years
SuccessInc to Milinx — application gateways, IVR, online payment, cloud infrastructure, mobile apps, meta-databases, bio-encryption, patents
The Full Journey