Can you locate the url for MiniFile Inc? It was cited in the
following nyt article:
April 5, 2004, Monday
BUSINESS/FINANCIAL DESK
TECHNOLOGY; Helping People on the Move Keep Addresses Up to Date
By LOUISE STORY (NYT) 1288 words
After Jennifer Cahill changed jobs a few weeks ago, one of the first
things she did was spend a few minutes ''Plaxo-ing'' her new contact
information to 400 friends and business acquaintances...
It may not be the big companies that Plaxo should worry about, at
least for now. A start-up company called miniFILE Inc., based in
Weatherby, Conn., has a similar product, also free. Instead of
installing a program on their computers, users can put their address
lists on miniFILE's Web site, and the company maintains them. A
miniFILE member's information is automatically updated on other
members' address lists, but the service does not contact nonmembers to
ask them for new information.
MiniFILE's network has about 30,000 members. But the company filed a
patent application for its network method before Plaxo filed its two
patent applications. Peter Kostka, miniFILE's founder, said that if
his patent was approved, Plaxo could not operate without violating it.
Plaxo executives said they had never heard of Mr. Kostka or of
miniFILE.
CAPTIONS: Photo: Todd Masonis and Cameron Ring, two of Plaxo's
founders, say they do not fear competitors in the contact information
market. (Photo by Peter DaSilva for The New York Times)
Chart: ''Keeping in Touch Automatically''
Plaxo keeps a member's address book updated with an online peer-topeer network.
Graph tracks number of active Plaxo users between 2003 and 2004.
March: 1.8 million
(Source by Plaxo, Inc.) |
