The History of Pear

Pear Computers was founded in the middle of January 2006 at Porcupine by Zoe Cure and Kilgore Pontoppidan. The idea was to build a real powerful tool that makes your life easier and more interesting in Second Life. After discussing the options for applications, they decieded to launch the first version of the Pear Book P1 with four programs. An E-Mail client that lets you send and recieve mails from and to real-life. A visitor detector, telling you who is around your laptop, even when you are offline. Also a calculator and and admin tool that lets you have control over the access to your laptop. A week later they at the BarouNet to the Pear Book, a wide-spread network of Second Life.

The resonance for Pears new product was amazing. They started to build a shop at Porcupine and founded the Pear Computers Inc. Group, which counts today over 100 members. After there great feedback, they employed a sales mananger and started to open new shops at the Plaza and the CGN.

The Future of Pear Computers is looking good. With a lot of fun and idea's they are working on there new upadtes. The next free update will be pComm. An application that let you communicate with you Pear Book over a website, even when you are offline at Second Life. (Read the pComm article).

To have a look at Pear products visit there main store at: Porcupine 230, 96, 143