Chicago Skyline at dusk

Bill Reichert, president of garage.com, gave a keynote address about technology in the 20th century. He mentioned that radio, not the Internet, was the fastest adopted technology this century. Television and VCRs were second and third.

Tod Nielson, vice president of Microsoft Developer Marketing, not only announced the Top 10 Fastest Growing ISVs, but also described the Top 10 Letters received at Microsoft. Some of these letters were quite bizarre, but I thought that the most interesting one was from a child in Scandinavia, who simply printed a map of Seattle on the envelope, put a dot on the map and labeled it "Bill Gates" - and it arrived! Is Bill Gates becoming as well known as Santa Claus?

Microsoft Windows ice sculpture at reception

But the reason that several hundred people attended this event was the naming of the top ten ISVs. It was announced that NetIQ Corporation was the top ISV with a staggering 2,248.8% revenue growth rate. Wow! Here is a list of the top 10 ISVs announced.

Rank	Company Name	Location	Percent Growth
1	NetIQ Corporation	Santa Clara, California	2,248.8%
2	Dialog Software	New York, New York	849.4%
3	Winternals Software	Austin, Texas	787.6%
4	DataNet Quality Systems	Southfield, Michigan	658.5%
5	Attest Systems, Inc.	Novato, California	616.1%
6	Accura Software Inc.	Richardson, Texas	589.3%
7	Lysisas Inc.	Bristol, Pennsylvania	558.6%
8	Mantiss Information Corporation	Chicago, Illinois	547.6%
9	Interactive Intelligence Corporation	Indianapolis, Indiana	466.7%
10	Aelita Software Group	Columbus, Ohio	417.0%

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