<s>
askSam	B-Application
,	O
from	O
askSam	B-Application
Systems	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
"	O
free	O
form	O
"	O
database	O
desktop	O
application	O
that	O
competed	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
personal	B-Application
information	I-Application
manager	I-Application
(	O
PIM	O
)	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
version	O
was	O
askSam	B-Application
7	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Florida	O
company	O
askSam	B-Application
Systems	O
was	O
formed	O
in	O
1985	O
and	O
located	O
in	O
Perry	O
,	O
Florida	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
earliest	O
versions	O
of	O
askSam	B-Application
were	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
but	O
later	O
versions	O
were	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
web-publishing	O
option	O
was	O
also	O
available	O
with	O
"	O
askSam	B-Application
Electronic	O
Publisher	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
4.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
so	O
was	O
web	O
publisher	O
package	O
AskSam	B-Application
Web	O
Publisher	O
4.0	O
,	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
letting	O
you	O
make	O
the	O
database	O
searchable	O
in	O
any	O
browser.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
competitive	O
landscape	O
included	O
"	O
names	O
like	O
ADM	O
,...	O
BrainStorm	O
,	O
Chandler	B-Language
,	O
Enfish	O
,	O
InfoSelect	O
,	O
iRider	O
,	O
Lookout	O
,	O
Onfolio	O
,	O
TheBrain	O
and	O
Zoot.	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Asksam	B-Application
was	O
ahead	O
of	O
its	O
time	O
in	O
many	O
ways	O
,	O
and	O
today	O
applications	O
like	O
Roam	O
Research	O
,	O
Craft.do,	O
Logseq	O
,	O
and	O
Obsidian	B-Protocol
are	O
beginning	O
to	O
fill	O
the	O
ability	O
Asksam	B-Application
had	O
for	O
hyperlinked	O
rapid	O
note	O
retrieval	O
,	O
though	O
still	O
unmatched	O
for	O
reporting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
personal	B-Application
information	I-Application
manager	I-Application
MyInfo	B-Language
added	O
support	O
for	O
importing	O
text-delimited	O
AskSam	B-Application
files	O
.	O
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