<s>
FlashFXP	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
FTP	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
with	O
a	O
simple	O
Windows-based	O
GUI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FlashFXP	B-Protocol
supports	O
both	O
client-to-server	O
and	O
server-to-server	B-Protocol
(	O
FXP	B-Protocol
)	O
transfers	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
SCP/SFTP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
1998	O
,	O
Charles	O
DeWeese	O
(	O
nicknamed	O
flashd/bigstar	O
)	O
was	O
hanging	O
out	O
with	O
friends	O
on	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Relay	I-Protocol
Chat	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
April	O
,	O
a	O
few	O
of	O
his	O
friends	O
suggested	O
he	O
create	O
an	O
FXP	B-Protocol
client	O
because	O
the	O
existing	O
FXP	B-Protocol
clients	O
were	O
n't	O
very	O
reliable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
few	O
weeks	O
of	O
tossing	O
ideas	O
back	O
and	O
forth	O
,	O
he	O
decided	O
that	O
his	O
next	O
project	O
would	O
be	O
an	O
FXP	B-Protocol
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
friend	O
,	O
the	O
author	O
of	O
LeapFTP	O
,	O
suggested	O
that	O
he	O
use	O
Borland	B-Language
Delphi	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
DeWeese	O
switched	O
to	O
Borland	B-Language
Delphi	I-Language
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
original	O
name	O
was	O
MyFXP	O
,	O
the	O
program	O
was	O
later	O
renamed	O
to	O
FlashFXP	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
on	O
June	O
24	O
,	O
1998	O
,	O
FlashFXP	B-Protocol
was	O
started	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nearly	O
a	O
month	O
later	O
,	O
on	O
July	O
23	O
,	O
1998	O
,	O
FlashFXP	B-Protocol
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.2	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
shareware	O
version	O
of	O
FlashFXP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2.0	O
was	O
a	O
significant	O
milestone	O
for	O
FlashFXP	B-Protocol
by	O
providing	O
SSL/TLS	B-Protocol
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2003	O
,	O
FlashFXP	B-Protocol
became	O
successful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2009	O
,	O
FlashFXP	B-Protocol
became	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
newly	O
formed	O
Opensight	O
Software	O
,	O
LLC	O
,	O
which	O
DeWeese	O
is	O
sole	O
owner	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sales	O
are	O
fully	O
automated	O
via	O
share-it	O
,	O
PayPal	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
FlashFXP	B-Protocol
website	O
,	O
although	O
support	O
is	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
developer	O
and	O
other	O
people	O
at	O
the	O
support	O
forums	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
4.0	O
included	O
additional	O
functionality	O
,	O
advanced	O
features	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
reviewed	O
as	O
being	O
more	O
extensive	O
compared	O
to	O
free	O
FTP	B-Protocol
clients	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
FlashFXP	B-Protocol
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
1	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
