in late 1996 and introduced the Warp 9 Internet Commerce System to its first major customer in March 1997. In July 1998, Warp 9 LLC sold its SBnet consumer dial-up subscriber accounts to MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. (merged with Earthlink, NASDAQ: "ELNK"), a national Internet service provider, in order to allow Warp 9 LLC to focus its resources on higher margin business accounts and on building the Warp 9 ICS business. Warp 9 LLC retained approximately 200 business accounts that the Company continues to service under the SBnet name.