<s>
WebSTAR	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
application	O
for	O
the	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supported	O
the	O
common	B-Language
gateway	I-Language
interface	I-Language
(	O
CGI	O
)	O
and	O
its	O
own	O
AppleEvents-based	O
W*API	O
for	O
plug-in	O
support	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
SSL	B-Protocol
and	O
similar	O
technologies	O
used	O
in	O
most	O
early	O
web	B-Application
servers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
servers	O
of	O
the	O
era	O
,	O
WebSTAR	B-Protocol
was	O
very	O
Mac-like	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
installation	O
and	O
maintenance	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
AppleEvents-based	O
MacOS	B-Operating_System
programs	O
for	O
most	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebSTAR	B-Protocol
was	O
also	O
part	O
of	O
Apple	O
's	O
Internet	O
Server	O
Solution	O
,	O
a	O
package	O
of	O
internet	O
server	O
software	O
and	O
certain	O
models	O
of	O
PowerMac	B-Device
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
popular	O
use	O
of	O
WebSTAR	B-Protocol
was	O
in	O
combination	O
with	O
FileMaker	B-Application
to	O
make	O
simple	O
database-driven	O
online	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
traces	O
its	O
roots	O
to	O
the	O
earlier	O
MacHTTP	B-Application
,	O
released	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
by	O
Chuck	O
Shotton	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarNine	O
licensed	O
MacHTTP	B-Application
and	O
released	O
the	O
greatly	O
upgraded	O
WebSTAR	B-Protocol
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarNine	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Quarterdeck	O
Office	O
Systems	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
along	O
with	O
many	O
upgrades	O
to	O
WebSTAR	B-Protocol
the	O
company	O
also	O
released	O
Quarterdeck	O
Mail	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
little-known	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
of	O
WebSTAR	B-Protocol
that	O
quickly	O
disappeared	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quarterdeck	O
sold	O
the	O
entire	O
StarNine	O
division	O
to	O
a	O
holding	O
company	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
who	O
sold	O
it	O
in	O
turn	O
to	O
ACI	B-Language
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
released	O
a	O
Carbon	B-Operating_System
version	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
in	O
2001	O
,	O
which	O
added	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
directly	O
run	O
Unix-based	O
CGIs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
several	O
more	O
releases	O
,	O
ACI	B-Language
(	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
4D	B-Language
Inc	O
.	O
)	O
sold	O
the	O
line	O
to	O
Kerio	O
Technologies	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
