Bongo is an open source or free software mail and calendar project.
Unlike many other projects doing similar development, Bongo states that it is not attempting to create an "enterprise" solution designed for large businesses[1], but software more accessible to the needs of small groups of people and individuals.
Bongo isn't supported or sponsored by any commercial entity at this point. It is alpha-level software, which its FAQ describes as not suitable for production. It runs on several Linux distributions.
History
Bongo descends from the Hula project. On November 28, 2006, Novell announced that they would no longer work on Hula full-time.[2] At that time, the community that had developed around Hula attempted to continue the project, and Nat Friedman later announced that the community would take the project forward in an audio interview he did with LUGRadio in the UK.[3] However, that proved to be a short-lived episode in the project's life, as in January 2007 Novell announced that they would be selling the Netmail business to Messaging Architects.
In January 2007, the Bongo Project was launched, albeit without formal announcement. The first "official" word from the project came in February 2007, with the availability of the first developer preview release of Bongo.[4] The second release of Bongo (version 0.2, or "M2") was announced in May 2007.[5]
Future
The Bongo Project has made code releases, attempting to avoid some of the criticism of earlier efforts where the development continued for years without any outcome. While the Bongo roadmap is not set in stone, the intention is to have a stable release early in 2008.
See also
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References
- ^ "Bongo FAQ". http://www.bongo-project.org/Documentation/Frequently_Asked_Questions. Retrieved July 18, 2007.
- ^ Teichman, Peter (2006). "Hula Status". forge.novell.com. http://forge.novell.com/pipermail/hula-general/2006-November/002084.html. Retrieved November 28, 2006.
- ^ Wafaa, Andrew (2006). "Nat Friedman on LUG Radio". http://forge.novell.com/pipermail/hula-general/2006-December/002380.html. Retrieved July 18, 2007.
- ^ Hudson, Alex (2007). "M1 Release". https://mail.gna.org/public/bongo-devel/2007-02/msg00058.html. Retrieved July 18, 2007.
- ^ Hudson, Alex (2007-05-26). "M2 Release". http://planet.bongo-project.org/blog/announcements/2007/05/26/#release-m2. Retrieved August 19, 2007.
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