In 1988 Craig wrote the first version of what was to become QuickVerse in his spare time, and took it to Parsons where it quickly became one of the top-selling Bible software packages on the market. Ten years and three mergers later, Craig left Parsons to write Bible software for handheld computers. The company was big, the development team was big, and of course the problems were big. I wanted to be small again. Not just to escape problems or simplify my life, but for all the right reasons.
Public ownership means too many bosses.
Make them happy and they'll make you happy. It's pretty simple. This eliminated the need for big-money investors to fund teams of programmers and telemarketers. The company needed no facilities or equipment beyond what the three had in their homes already. Windows CE is a scaled down version of Windows targeted to handheld, pen-based devices.