It was so congested, such a frenzy down there. The contrast couldn't be greater. In the Silicon Valley, the galloping pace of business makes and breaks millionaires each day. Engineers work around the clock developing technologies that become obsolete within the year. Housing prices are soaring.
Commutes are legendary.
For Sassenrath and his 15 employees, a busy day may involve walking over to the massage cottage for an herbal facial or cruising down the road to a winery. The neighboring community of Ukiah, with about 15,000 residents, is a sleepy, hippy town surrounded by grape vineyards and pear orchards. It's very efficient, extremely tight coded, very small and portable, and it really does run on just about every platform with almost no modifications to your code,'' he said. Sassenrath seems placid about the challenge ahead for his invention. Materials contained within this site may not be used without permission.