Going forward.

This would have been the end of the IPAD story except for a group of visionary customers who owned the IPAD not only because of their understanding of what it was, but because Phil Becker had created it.

Over the years of relying on the IPAD they have come to discover just how powerful and easy to control the IPAD really is. Many IPAD owners had become Internet service providers solely because the IPAD allowed them to focus on customer service rather than their server hardware. Others were able to grow their business and compete online without any technical staff to manage their Internet connection.

In February of 2000 many of these IPAD Owners banded together and created the IPAD Owners Association, Incorporated (IOA) for the purpose of continuing the development and enhancing the IPAD-OS™ itself.

The IPAD Owners Association has since proven that they not only could revive the IPAD but could bring it well beyond anything envisioned when the project started over 10 years ago. The original IOA goal was to add new abilities to make life as an ISP and corporate owner much easier specifically in the fight against spam. This goal has been reached and far exceeded in many ways.

The future of the IPAD is bright and wide open. The IOA development team is diligently working on improvements to bring even more power and more simplicity of control than ever thought possible before.

This has created a renewed need to communicate the story of the IPAD-OS to those who have not heard and don't yet understand how unique the IPAD-OS is compared to other operating systems.