The project was created on SourceForge.net on 13 May 2001. I don't know when the first commit was.
The first preview release (still available on SourceForge) was "ofbiz-2001.05.24.zip" which, as the name implies, was released on 24 May 2001. Obviously I had been working on the data model and other aspects of the project well before the 13 May when the project was officially created on SourceForge, and because of that the first main commit had a fair amount in it. The early stuff ran on JBoss and all of the entities were used to generate code including container managed EJBs, JSPs for each entity (like the current Entity Data Maintenance), etc. It is a testament to the folly of the code generation approach for large projects. The generated code was over 1 million lines, if I remember right. -David On Jan 27, 2011, at 11:47 AM, BJ Freeman wrote: > the earlist copy of ofbiz i have is in 2002 > the earliest date I have for cvs is 8/15/2003 > > > ========================= > BJ Freeman > Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation > <http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=52> > Specialtymarket.com <http://www.specialtymarket.com/> > Systems Integrator-- Glad to Assist > > Chat Y! messenger: bjfr33man > > > David E Jones sent the following on 1/27/2011 11:24 AM: >> >> I'm looking around a little for the old CVS repo on SourceForge (which is >> what OFBiz started with, wasn't much SVN available in those days), and I >> think it may be gone. >> >> The old release files are available though: >> >> https://sourceforge.net/projects/ofbiz/files/OldFiles/ >> >> Should be pretty entertaining.... >> >> -David >> >> >> On Jan 27, 2011, at 5:43 AM, Erwan de FERRIERES wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I was looking for the date of the first OFBiz's commit. Can't find it >>> anywhere on sourceforge. has someone still this one ? >>> >>> Also, as it is the 10th anniversary, should it be possible to make a >>> special artwork for the logo, or something we could put in the demo ? >>> >>> TIA, >>> >>> -- >>> Erwan de FERRIERES >>> www.nereide.biz >> >> >
