<s>
Wise	B-Application
Solutions	I-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
started	O
by	O
John	O
McMillan	O
and	O
Brien	O
Witkowski	O
was	O
an	O
American	O
company	O
that	O
made	O
software	O
tools	O
for	O
creating	O
application	O
installers	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
main	O
competitor	O
was	O
InstallShield	B-Application
by	O
Flexera	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wise	B-Application
Solutions	I-Application
was	O
acquired	O
and	O
became	O
a	O
wholly	O
owned	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Altiris	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
December	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wise	B-Application
Solutions	I-Application
was	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
shareware	O
tool	O
originally	O
distributed	O
via	O
CompuServe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1992	O
Witzkowski	O
with	O
boyhood	O
pal	O
John	O
McMillan	O
at	O
the	O
Oakland	O
University	O
developed	O
the	O
prototype	O
of	O
the	O
Wise	B-Application
Installer	I-Application
application	O
and	O
offered	O
it	O
as	O
shareware	O
on	O
the	O
old	O
CompuServe	O
computer	O
forums	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GLBS	O
became	O
Wise	B-Application
Solutions	I-Application
with	O
62	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1999	O
Wise	B-Application
Solutions	I-Application
Inc	O
.	O
grown	O
rate	O
was	O
at	O
least	O
30	O
percent	O
a	O
year	O
and	O
named	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
fastest	O
growing	O
companies	O
in	O
the	O
country	O
by	O
Inc	O
.	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wise	B-Application
Solutions	I-Application
did	O
$6	O
million	O
in	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
John	O
McMillan	O
and	O
Brien	O
Witkowski	O
founded	O
Great	B-Application
Lakes	I-Application
Business	I-Application
Solutions	I-Application
(	O
GLBS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wise	O
Installation	O
System	O
Version	O
6	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1998	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
Version	O
released	O
by	O
Wise	B-Application
Solutions	I-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
This	O
Version	O
was	O
a	O
game	O
changer	O
for	O
Wise	B-Application
Solutions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
feature	O
SetupCapture	O
will	O
become	O
in	O
Wise	O
for	O
Windows	O
Installer	B-Operating_System
an	O
important	O
feature	O
for	O
system	O
administrators	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
repackage	O
legacy	O
vendor	O
software	O
packages	O
into	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
Installer	B-Operating_System
(	O
MSI	O
)	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wise	O
Installation	O
System	O
Version	O
8	O
has	O
been	O
renamed	O
by	O
Wise	B-Application
Solutions	I-Application
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
27	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
InstallShield	B-Application
sued	O
Wise	B-Application
Solutions	I-Application
,	O
alleging	O
electronic	O
espionage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
civil	O
complaint	O
listed	O
the	O
theft	O
of	O
nearly	O
1,000	O
confidential	O
documents	O
from	O
the	O
InstallShield	B-Application
corporate	O
FTP	O
site	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
customer	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InstallShield	B-Application
detected	O
the	O
intrusion	O
when	O
decoy	O
customers	O
with	O
addresses	O
planted	O
in	O
InstallShield	B-Application
's	O
customer-list	O
started	O
to	O
receive	O
marketing	O
material	O
from	O
Wise	B-Application
Solutions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviews	O
of	O
FTP	O
logs	O
showed	O
several	O
connections	O
over	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
10	O
months	O
from	O
addresses	O
related	O
to	O
Wise	B-Application
Solutions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
more	O
recent	O
years	O
InstallShield	B-Application
and	O
Wise	B-Application
Solutions	I-Application
via	O
their	O
respective	O
parent	O
companies	O
have	O
had	O
some	O
disagreements	O
over	O
patent	O
infringement	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
which	O
ultimately	O
resulted	O
in	O
a	O
preemptive	O
patent-infringement	O
lawsuit	O
by	O
Macrovision	O
against	O
Altiris	O
and	O
Wise	B-Application
Solutions	I-Application
in	O
which	O
it	O
not	O
only	O
claimed	O
infringement	O
by	O
Altiris	O
products	O
but	O
also	O
asked	O
(	O
November	O
2006	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
court	O
to	O
find	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
infringing	O
on	O
any	O
Altiris	O
or	O
Wise	B-Application
Solutions	I-Application
patents	O
.	O
</s>
