Syndicomm
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Syndicomm was founded by Tom Weishaar, then purchased and expanded by Dean Esmay, who brought in partners Eric Mueller and Gary Utter to operate the Apple II and Mac forums on the GEnie online service back in the early 1990s. It rapidly expanded to operate a dozen forums there, as well as on America Online. Syndicomm later expanded to the Delphi online service as well, and operated customer service forums for several other companies.
Eric Mueller left the company in 1995 and went on help start PlanetOut; in 2000, Esmay and Utter sold Syndicomm to Eric Shepherd, who has operated Syndicomm ever since. Today, Syndicomm operates a small online service catering primarily to Apple II users, but with forums for people with various interests. They also provide web hosting and other online services.
However, Syndicomm's primary claim to fame, so to speak, is that at this writing, they are the largest dealer of Apple II software and books in the world, with exclusive licenses to distribute a wide assortment of software from companies including EGO Systems, Parkhurst Micro Products, and The Byte Works. In addition, Syndicomm is an exclusive distributor of programming languages, developer toolkits, and manuals from Apple Computer, with permission to reproduce copies of books for sale.
Syndicomm also publishes Juiced.GS, the last remaining print publication for Apple II users.
