Eric Sink

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Eric Sink is a software developer and writer. He is the author of Eric Sink on the Business of Software (2006), a collection of essays from his blog and the "Business of Software" column for the Microsoft Developer Network. He founded , which sells Vault source control software for Windows and started the AbiWord project. Before that, he led the browser team at Spyglass. His article "Exploring Micro-ISVs" is credited with introducing the term micro-ISV. He is also known for his spoof on a Microsoft ad campaign featuring "software legends", which is embodied in the site not a legend.

Biography[]

Sink has a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.^[1]

Fun fact: once had a bowling team named after him.

Other projects[]

He is currently working on "Sawdust", a design tool for woodworking, currently in a very early form of alpha. He also started a micro-ISV, creating Winnable Solitaire, which was later sold for a small amount.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Business of Software column
• Eric Sink: Exploring Micro-ISVs

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