Cerulean Studios
Encyclopedia
Cerulean Studios is a software house
based in Connecticut
, United States
, notable for developing Trillian, an instant messaging
client
.
It was founded in May 1998 by Kevin Kurtz and Scott Werndorfer
. While still living at his parent's home, Werndorfer used $10,000 of his savings to start Cerulean Studios together with fellow computer geek 24-year-old Kevin Kurtz of Florida. The duo lived on donations from the freeware version of Trillian while building their company. http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/trillian.htm
They built a freeware multi-protocol IM program called Trillian. The first version of Trillian was released on July 1, 2000. On September 10, 2002, a commercial version, Trillian Pro, was added to the company's lineup.
Cerulean has promised to continue to support and maintain a free version of Trillian, which will remain a closed-source application.
Since the company's growth due to going commercial, Cerulean Studios has hired their main graphics designer, Pak-Kei Mak, who goes by the name Kid on the official support forums.
The abbreviation "CS" is commonly used amongst the Trillian community.
The company has also been involved in the Child's Play
charity event. Cerulean Studios was one of the platinum sponsors in 2005.
Software house
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based in Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, notable for developing Trillian, an instant messaging
Instant messaging
Instant Messaging is a form of real-time direct text-based chatting communication in push mode between two or more people using personal computers or other devices, along with shared clients. The user's text is conveyed over a network, such as the Internet...
client
Client (computing)
A client is an application or system that accesses a service made available by a server. The server is often on another computer system, in which case the client accesses the service by way of a network....
.
It was founded in May 1998 by Kevin Kurtz and Scott Werndorfer
Scott Werndorfer
Scott Werndorfer is the co-founder and head developer of Cerulean Studios, a company responsible for creating Trillian, a popular instant messaging client....
. While still living at his parent's home, Werndorfer used $10,000 of his savings to start Cerulean Studios together with fellow computer geek 24-year-old Kevin Kurtz of Florida. The duo lived on donations from the freeware version of Trillian while building their company. http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/trillian.htm
They built a freeware multi-protocol IM program called Trillian. The first version of Trillian was released on July 1, 2000. On September 10, 2002, a commercial version, Trillian Pro, was added to the company's lineup.
Cerulean has promised to continue to support and maintain a free version of Trillian, which will remain a closed-source application.
Since the company's growth due to going commercial, Cerulean Studios has hired their main graphics designer, Pak-Kei Mak, who goes by the name Kid on the official support forums.
The abbreviation "CS" is commonly used amongst the Trillian community.
The company has also been involved in the Child's Play
Child's Play (charity)
Child's Play is a charitable organization founded by the authors of the popular computer and video games-based webcomic Penny Arcade that organizes worldwide toy drives to children's hospitals. Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins founded Child's Play in 2003 to improve the lives of sick children by...
charity event. Cerulean Studios was one of the platinum sponsors in 2005.
See also
- Cerulean Studios' official blog
- Development journal of one of the developers, Rachel (now superseded by the official blog)