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==History==

[[File:PlatformComputing.jpg|thumb|Platform Headquarters in Canada.]]

Platform Computing was founded by Songnian Zhou, Jingwen Wang, and Bing Wu in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ogf.org/News/documents/ogf_winter_2007.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=OGF|title=GridConnections|accessdate=2007-12-29}}</ref> Its first product, LSF, was based on the ''Utopia'' research project at the [[University of Toronto]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.121.1434|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|title=Utopia: A Load Sharing Facility for Large, Heterogeneous Distributed Computer Systems|accessdate=2007-12-29}}</ref> The LSF software was developed partially with funding from [[CANARIE]] (Canadian Advanced Network and Research for Industry and Education).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/20040720151637/http://www.canarie.ca/press/publications/tadeng.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=CANARIE |title=Shaping the future: success stories from the CARARIE files |accessdate=2011-04-05 |deadurl=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20040720151637/http://www.canarie.ca/press/publications/tadeng.pdf |archivedate=July 20, 2004 }}</ref>

Platform's revenue was approximately $300,000 in 1993, and reached $12<!-- Canadian? --> million in 1997. Revenue grew by 34% (YoY) to US$46.2 million in 2001, US$50 million in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|archivedate=2005-09-27|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050927230807/http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/107/107204.html|url=http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/107/107204.html|publisher=Yahoo Business|title=Platform Computing Inc. Company Profile|accessdate=2008-10-02}}</ref>