Sausage Software

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| name = Sausage Software

| logo = File:Sausagesoftwarelogo.png

| type = Proprietary limited company{{cite web|url=http://www1.sausage.com/copyrite.htm|title=Sausage Software Copyright Information|year=1995|publisher= Sausage Software|accessdate=13 April 2010|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/19961020024455/http://www1.sausage.com/copyrite.htm|archivedate= 20 October 1996}}

| genre = Web development

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| fate = Merged into SMS Management & Technology in 2000

| foundation = Melbourne, Australia ({{Start date|df=yes|1995}})

| founder = Steve Outtrim{{cite web|url=http://www.netbloke.com/newsletters/latest.shtml#editorial|title=NetBloke.com - What happened to Sausage Software?|accessdate=13 April 2010}}

| location_city = Melbourne

| location_country = Australia

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| key_people = Kevin Pownall (Chief Operating Officer){{cite web|url=http://www.sausage.com/who.htm|title=Who's Who at Sausage Software|year=1995|publisher=Sausage Software|accessdate=13 April 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961221190118/http://www.sausage.com/who.htm|archivedate=21 December 1996}}

Jim Paulyshyn (Marketing Director)

Steve Meltzer (Marketing Director)

Adrian Vanzyl (Director of software development)

Marty Hill (Senior Systems Engineer)

| industry = Web publishing

| products = HotDog Web Editor

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Sausage Software was an Australian software company, founded by entrepreneur Steve Outtrim, which produced one of the world's most successful web editors: the HotDog web authoring tool.O’Neill, Rob: [http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/CC256CED0016AD1ECC25684C000DFEF2 "Creative anarchy recipe of Sausage's success"], Computerworld, Auckland, 19 October 1996 The product and company name have since been purchased by an Australian consulting firm, SMS Management & Technology.Lebihan, Rachel: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080127124045/http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/soa/Sausage-to-raise-17million/0,139023165,120220085,00.htm "Sausage to raise $17million"], ZDNet Australia, 7 May 2001King, Agnes: [http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/86512/sausage_maker_jumps_from_barbie_pool/ "The Sausage maker jumps from barbie to pool"], ARN, 3 July 2000

HotDog and the company became the 'dotcom darling' of the Australian media receiving a large amount of media exposure due to the young age of the company's founder and staff featuring pinball machines and a pool table in the company's reception area.

Sausage Software also invested in various other pioneering software strategies and products:

• A range of small independent software products called "snaglets"Carton, Sean: [https://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/1997/05/4109 "Hot Links and Snaglets"], Wired, 28 May 1997
• A unique freeware texture generator called ReptileSmith, Douglas: [http://cws.internet.com/article/1717-.htm "Sausage Software Reptile: Create Funky Backgrounds"], WinPlanet, n.d.
• An early micro-payment system called the eVend CashletCobraBoy: [http://www.xent.com/FoRK-archive/may97/0003.html "Business Editors/Computer Writers"], eVEND, Melbourne, Australia (Business Wire), 5 May 1997
• A Java Electronic Commerce Server (JECS), a generalised middleware layer serving Java Applets with database data on request via an XML-like request/response protocol.Fitzsimmons, Caitlin: [http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/91447/sausage_finds_winning_formula/ "Sausage finds winning formula"], ARN, 16 February 2000[http://sysol.com.au/clients.html "Clients: Sausage Software"], System Solutions Pty Ltd, 2007

Their website was one of the most popular at the time, receiving 250,000 hits per day in 1996.{{cite book|author=Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia|title=Charter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WBQcAQAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia|page=29}}