As the techie crow flies

摘要

When you first see the management team's background — past leaders from companies such as thin-client pioneer Citrix and VoIP vendor Net-Speak — you might think:"Here we go again, another network start-up." But in this case, you'd be flying off course. DayJet,the brainchild of Citrix co-founder Ed Iacobucci, is a tech company at heart, but its focus is on simplifying air travel for business executives in areas under-served by major airlines. "Many techies like me grew up watching NASA moon shots and reading Popular Science, and they get into airplanes as a hobby," says lacobucci.who retired from Citrix in 2000."I wanted to design airplanes since I was little, and now I can help change a market that is in dire need of some big changes." Much in the same way he looked to wring expenses out of running Windows and Unix by starting Citrix in 1989, Iacobucci is seeking to squeeze the high cost of air travel.