Jim Paulyshyn (Marketing Director) Steve Meltzer (Marketing Director) Adrian Vanzyl (Director of software development) 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.

[4] The product and company name have since been purchased by an Australian consulting firm, SMS Management & Technology.

[5][6] 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.

[4] Sausage Software also invested in various other pioneering software strategies and products: Their website was one of the most popular at the time, receiving 250,000 hits per day in 1996.

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