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For the tropical plant, see Monstera deliciosa.
Delicious Monster Software 
Type LLC Industry Software Founded November 2004 Headquarters 6252 34th Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98115-7311Key people Wil Shipley Products Mac OS X software: Delicious Library Employees 3 Website http://www.delicious-monster.com/ Delicious Monster is a software company based in San Francisco, California that sells the shareware software program Delicious Library. Its founders are Wil Shipley, one of the three co-founders of The Omni Group, and Mike Matas, who worked as an interface designer at The Omni Group. Matas left Delicious Monster in 2005 to work for Apple in 2005, but left the company in July 2009 to found Push Pop Press.[1]
The company's name is based on the name of a plant that grows in the rainforests of tropical America, Monstera deliciosa. It is colloquially known as the Swiss cheese plant.
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Products
Delicious Library
Main article: Delicious LibraryIn November 2004, Delicious Monster released Delicious Library as a Mac OS X-only media library catalog application and generated $250,000 worth of sales.[2] The software would go on to win several Apple Design Awards, including Best Mac OS X User Experience and runner-up Best Product New to Mac OS X[3] in 2005 and Best Mac OS X Leopard Application in 2007.[4] It is currently available as version 2.5[5]
References
- ^ Mike Matas - About
- ^ Kahney, Leander (2005-01-14). "Monster Fueled by Caffeine". Wired. http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/news/2005/01/66276. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
- ^ Macworld - WWDC: Apple Design Award 2005 winners announced
- ^ MacNN Apple Design Awards 2007 winners announced
- ^ Delicious Library Release Notes
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Categories:- Mac software companies
- Companies based in Seattle, Washington
- Computer companies of the United States
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