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Andre & Jenn I'm a computer programmer/manager these days. I manage a group of programmers at a software company. We make obscure programming tools for other companies that make computer software. These days we make tools for developing software for computer chips that are inside special purpose computers (ABS brakes, Microwave ovens, missiles, planes, medical equipment, etc ...) Pretty boring stuff when compared to IRA's glorious achievements.
I got married on 8/7/93 and had a daughter (Gabriella Luisa Sant'Anna) in June '96.

image: Andre and his wife Jenn taken in Nov. '96


News of July 28th 1998:
SoftMagic is getting acquired by Puma Technologies ... Guess we're moving to San Jose ...

Below is an excerpt of what was picked up from Puma homepage http://www.pumatech.com/072898-1.html


Puma will acquire SoftMagic's entire award-winning product line for the Palm Computing platform products. In addition to the currently shipping Satellite FormsEDeveloper Edition version 2.0, Puma Technology will gain the upcoming Satellite Forms Enterprise Edition and MobileXtensionEfor Lotus Notes products which are currently in development. As part of the transaction, Puma expects to take a one-time charge against its earnings to complete the acquisition. SoftMagic will move its business activities to Puma's headquarters in San Jose, Calif. and SoftMagic's President, CTO and founder Andre Sant'Anna will play a new role with Puma as vice president of development tools. He will report to Puma CTO Michael Blanchette.

"With its extensible Intellisync synchronization platform, small device expertise, and its rapidly growing corporate channel, Puma Technology is the ideal partner for our products and technology," said SoftMagic President, CTO and founder, Andre Sant'Anna. "By joining forces, we plan to provide a robust solution that thoroughly addresses the special requirements of mission critical enterprise applications that use handhelds. Our combined offering will encompass the entire tool chain required to produce tightly woven enterprise-class solutions. From Satellite Forms RAD tools for creating sophisticated handheld applications to the superb Intellisync data synchronization product line, all the necessary pieces will be in place to enable enterprises to incorporate high return on investment handheld applications into their existing solutions."


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