<s>
FreePPP	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
Point	B-Protocol
to	I-Protocol
Point	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
PPP	O
)	O
implementation	O
for	O
computers	O
running	O
the	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreePPP	B-Operating_System
was	O
widely	O
considered	O
the	O
first	O
working	O
and	O
most	O
stable	O
version	O
of	O
PPP	O
for	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
and	O
led	O
many	O
PPP	O
internet	O
service	O
providers	O
to	O
support	O
Macintosh	B-Device
users	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modems	B-Application
were	O
"	O
auto-detected	O
"	O
,	O
keeping	O
users	O
from	O
having	O
to	O
find	O
and	O
configure	O
an	O
init	B-Device
string	I-Device
for	O
their	O
modem	B-Application
(	O
a	O
common	O
stumbling	O
block	O
for	O
users	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreePPP	B-Operating_System
was	O
installed	O
by	O
a	O
"	O
lite	O
"	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
commercial	O
Internet	O
Setup	O
Monkey	O
product	O
,	O
whose	O
producer	O
Rockstar	O
Studios	O
was	O
a	O
primary	O
contributor	O
to	O
FreePPP	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreePPP	B-Operating_System
1.0	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
,	O
was	O
simply	O
a	O
repackaging	O
of	O
MacPPP	O
from	O
Merit	O
Network	O
;	O
MacPPP	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
most	O
part	O
by	O
Larry	O
Blunk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacPPP	O
was	O
actually	O
the	O
first	O
PPP	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
but	O
was	O
unstable	O
and	O
prone	O
to	O
error	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Dagley	O
aggregated	O
most	O
of	O
those	O
patches	O
to	O
MacPPP	O
and	O
added	O
ISDN	B-Protocol
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
re-released	O
it	O
as	O
FreePPP	B-Operating_System
in	O
early	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreePPP	B-Operating_System
2.5	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
version	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
getting	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
MacPPP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Dagley	O
contacted	O
Apple	O
about	O
his	O
work	O
with	O
FreePPP	B-Operating_System
and	O
convinced	O
Apple	O
to	O
use	O
it	O
for	O
its	O
Internet	O
software	O
,	O
Cyberdog	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Apple	O
engineer	O
,	O
Richard	O
Reynolds	O
,	O
rewrote	O
most	O
of	O
FreePPP	B-Operating_System
,	O
greatly	O
improving	O
stability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Richard	O
left	O
Apple	O
to	O
form	O
Rockstar	O
Studios	O
along	O
with	O
Brian	O
Chen	O
,	O
creator	O
of	O
the	O
immensely	O
popular	O
screensaver	B-General_Concept
from	O
Berkeley	O
Systems	O
,	O
"	O
After	B-Operating_System
Dark	I-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consequently	O
,	O
Steve	O
Dagley	O
and	O
Richard	O
(	O
along	O
with	O
Rockstar	O
)	O
created	O
The	O
FreePPP	B-Operating_System
Group	O
to	O
manage	O
the	O
distribution	O
and	O
licensing	O
of	O
FreePPP	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Internet	O
Setup	O
Monkey	O
included	O
a	O
cartoon	O
monkey	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Matt	O
Small	O
,	O
that	O
appears	O
to	O
tear	O
apart	O
a	O
computer	O
,	O
install	O
FreePPP	B-Operating_System
then	O
put	O
it	O
back	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
released	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
FreePPP	B-Operating_System
under	O
the	O
old	O
name	O
MacPPP	O
and	O
included	O
it	O
in	O
a	O
few	O
minor	O
System	O
7.5.x	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Protocol
Transport	I-Protocol
eventually	O
included	O
a	O
completely	O
new	O
PPP	O
developed	O
by	O
Apple	O
directly	O
into	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
but	O
many	O
users	O
choose	O
FreePPP	B-Operating_System
for	O
its	O
advanced	O
and	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
Rockstar	O
Studios	O
released	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
PPP	O
Menu	O
that	O
supported	O
Open	B-Protocol
Transport	I-Protocol
PPP	O
(	O
OT/PPP	O
)	O
,	O
consequently	O
FreePPP	B-Operating_System
users	O
slowly	O
migrated	O
to	O
Open	B-Protocol
Transport	I-Protocol
PPP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreePPP	B-Operating_System
is	O
still	O
widely	O
available	O
for	O
users	O
of	O
older	O
Macintosh	B-Device
hardware	O
that	O
cannot	O
run	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
features	O
of	O
FreePPP	B-Operating_System
is	O
still	O
included	O
in	O
macOS	B-Application
today	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Application
includes	O
a	O
menu	O
bar	O
icon	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
open	O
and	O
close	O
a	O
PPP	B-Protocol
connection	I-Protocol
as	O
well	O
as	O
configure	O
PPP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2004	O
,	O
Steve	O
Dagley	O
works	O
for	O
Netscape	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
version	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Communicator	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rockstar	O
Studios	O
released	O
software	O
centered	O
on	O
FreePPP	B-Operating_System
and	O
Open	B-Protocol
Transport	I-Protocol
PPP	O
though	O
the	O
late	O
’	O
90s	O
then	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
Rockstar	O
Software	O
and	O
it	O
changed	O
its	O
focus	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
based	O
Internet	O
account	O
setup	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aramova	O
does	O
not	O
seem	O
to	O
have	O
any	O
macOS	B-Application
products	O
at	O
this	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
Steve	O
Dagley	O
and	O
Richard	O
Reynolds	O
,	O
other	O
contributors	O
in	O
the	O
FreePPP	B-Operating_System
group	O
are	O
Mike	O
Alexander	O
,	O
Yan	O
Arrouye	O
,	O
Steve	O
Brecher	O
,	O
Jim	O
Browne	O
,	O
Alec	O
Carlson	O
,	O
Tom	O
Evans	O
,	O
Joe	O
Husk	O
,	O
Cliff	O
McCollum	O
,	O
Edward	O
Moy	O
,	O
Tom	O
Shaw	O
and	O
John	O
Stephen	O
.	O
</s>
