Delrina
Delrina Corporation was a Canadian software company active from 1988 to 1995. The company was best known for WinFax, a software package which enabled computers equipped with fax modems to transmit copies of documents to standalone fax machines or other similarly equipped computers. It also sold PerForm and FormFlow, electronic form software. Delrina was acquired by the American software firm Symantec in 1995.
| Company type | Public (TSX: DC), (NASDAQ: DENAF) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | Toronto, Ontario 1988 |
| Founder | |
| Defunct | November 22, 1995 |
| Fate | Acquired |
| Successor | Symantec |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Dennis Bennie chairman and CEO Mark Skapinker President Bert Amato Executive Vice President & Chief Technical Officer, Lou Ryan Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales |
| Products | WinFax, PerForm, FormFlow, Echo Lake, Cyberjack, WinComm, TalkWorks, CommSuite 95 |
| Revenue | $132.9 million CAD (sales) (1995) |
Number of employees | 700 (1995) |
| Website | www.delrina.com at the Wayback Machine (archive index) |
Delrina also produced a set of screensavers, including one that resulted in a well-publicized lawsuit for copyright and trademark infringement (Berkeley Systems Inc. v. Delrina). The case set a precedent in American law whereby satiric commercial software products are not subject to the same First Amendment exemptions as parodic cartoons or literature.
It also sold online communications software with its WinComm product and produced a Web browser called Cyberjack. The firm was sold to Symantec in 1995. After the company was acquired by Symantec, various divisions were sold off and several of Delrina's former executives went on to found venture capital firms.