User:Swedorski

I am the former Editor-in-Chief (and the founder!) of Tucows. While working for the local library system in Flint Michigan in £1993, I noticed a rapidly growing interest in the phenomenon of the World Wide Web. At that time, there was very little information available about the Internet, how to get connected to it, or how to £participate in it.... and I believed there was a real need and desire for information and public access to Internet-related software.

So, I created Tucows (which is actually an acronym for: The Ultimate Collection Of Winsock Software) to provide the public with free downloadable Internet-related software. The idea was a huge success, and what began as a one-man operation has since grown into an internationally-recognized company with more than 200 employees and offices in Toronto Canada and Flint Michigan.

For the past 10 years, I have been deeply involved in and devoted to the shareware industry. I have a strong commitment to the shareware concept, and to the promotion of shareware products. And as a result, in 2002 I was honored by being awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the SIAF (Shareware Industry Awards Foundation) for my strong support of shareware authors and the shareware industry.

I have been a respected leader in the software industry for the past 10 years, and in 2002 I was awarded the lifetime achievement award by the SIAF for my evolvement in the software industry.