Hello all. We are trying to write a potted history for Koozali SME server for Stephane and the new website.
We really need some help on dates. I have kind of roughly mapped a bit out, and nicked some stuff from distrowatchwhich badly needs updating (all notes and tongue in cheek at the minute) Would people be kind enough to add amend and add to this timeline please ? I'm away 'on tour' in Germany til next Tuesday and comms will be limited. B. Rgds John About Koozali SME server Potted dates history 1999 e-smith crashed onto the planet 2001 Mitel barges the party 2004 Lycoris tries and burns 2013 Koozali Koozali is one of the leading Open Source linux based small business servers on the market. e-smith was founded in January 1999 by Joseph and Kim Morrison. The company introduced the first version of its flagship software product, the e-smith server and gateway, in April 1999. By the end of the year, many thousands of e-smith servers were running in countries from Fiji to Finland. Word was spreading quickly among developers and systems integrators who needed a solid, easy-to-use server for their small-business customers. In July 2001, e-smith was acquired by Mitel Networks, in September 2004 by Lycoris, and the project is currently sponsored by Resource Strategies, Inc. (Not) Currently it is managed by the Koozali Foundation, a not for profit company set up to develop the system _______________________________________________ Discussion about project organisation and overall direction To unsubscribe, e-mail [email protected] Searchable archive at http://lists.contribs.org/mailman/public/discussion/
