Easy Software Products was the vendor who originally invented the
Common Unix Printing System
CUPS (formerly an acronym for Common UNIX Printing System) is a modular computer printer, printing system for Unix-like computer operating systems which allows a computer to act as a print server. A computer running CUPS is a Server (computi ...
(CUPS) and
HTMLDOC software. It was founded near
Washington, D.C.
)
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in 1993
[Michael R. Sweet, "CUPS: Common UNIX Printing System"]
The Evolution of CUPS
. ''SAMS Publishing''. and was located in
Morgan Hill, California
Morgan Hill is a city in Santa Clara County, California, at the southern tip of Silicon Valley, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Morgan Hill is an affluent residential community, the seat of several high-tech companies, and a dining, entertainme ...
. ESP sold CUPS to
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totaling in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company ...
in 2007, but still developed and sold its HTMLDOC software until its closure.
References
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HTMLDOCCUPS
Software companies based in Washington, D.C.
Software companies established in 1993
Software companies of the United States
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