CollabNet Announces mozdev.org is Gaining Momentum as the Premier Online Community for Mozilla-Based Projects.Business Editors & High Tech Writers BRISBANE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2001 New Community Hosts Source Code for Applications Designed to Enhance Functionality of the Mozilla Browser Mozilla browser may refer to one of the following web browsers produced by the Mozilla Foundation:
CollabNet(TM), a leading provider of collaborative software This is a list of collaborative software (or list of groupware) applications. Wiki software is on a list of wiki software. Open source or free software The following are open source or free software applications. development solutions based on open source concepts, today announced that the online community, mozdev.org, is rapidly gaining developer support and is becoming the premier online community for Mozilla-based projects that are not hosted by mozilla.org. In addition, CollabNet is sponsoring the first New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Mozilla Developer Meeting on Monday, January 29, 2001. Details are available at http://meetzilla.mozdev.org/ny_meeting.html. CollabNet created the mozdev.org community to foster the development and innovation of new Mozilla-based applications, which have the potential to extend the functionality and the worldwide use of the Mozilla browser. Since its creation in September, mozdev.org has generated high interest from the Mozilla developer community. The number of projects on the site has quickly grown from five to 21, with almost all of the additional projects coming from developers working outside of both Netscape and CollabNet. CollabNet's SourceCast environment will be implemented as the infrastructure for the mozdev.org site, allowing developers from around the world to collaborate on a variety of Mozilla-related projects. Some of these projects include: Aphrodite Aphrodite (ăfrədī`tē), in Greek religion and mythology, goddess of fertility, love, and beauty. Homer designated her the child of Zeus and Dione. , a popular alternate browser interface for Mozilla with additional features to enhance usability, (like "Total Recall," a crash recovery system) being developed by CollabNet and others in the Mozilla community; Fabula, a project developed for use in the European school The European Schools are co-educational public schools providing nursery, primary and secondary education. They are established to provide free education for children of personnel of the European Institutions. system to help students learn more about the lesser-used languages of Europe  It has been suggested that List of languages in Europe, Alphabetic list of living languages in Europe , including Welsh, Irish, Catalan, Basque and Frisian; Jabberzilla, a project creating a cross-platform client for the open source Jabber An open standard for instant messaging (IM). There are tens of thousands of Jabber servers on the Internet, most of which are privately run within a company or college campus. There are also hundreds of public Jabber servers that any user can register with, Google Talk being the largest. instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or application; and mozOffice, a Mozilla-powered tool that links Web site editors with a cross-platform, office-productivity application via the Internet. To begin work on the mozOffice project, developers were able to utilize source code from both mozilla.org and Sun Microsystems' OpenOffice.org. More information on these and other projects can be found at http://www.mozdev.org. mozdev.org also features the code for the beta version A pre-shipping release of hardware or software that has gone through alpha test. A beta version of software is supposed to be very close to the final product, but, in practice, it is more a way of getting users to test the software in the first place under real conditions. of the Theme Builder tool, which gives users the ability to apply new graphic designs to the Mozilla browser without changing its functionality. The Theme Builder automates the code development through pull-down menus and checkboxes that contain all the different options available for creating a theme for the browser. The Theme Builder tool is built entirely with open source technologies. CollabNet's implementation group is responsible for creating the beta version of the Theme Builder tool and worked with mozilla.org to contribute the source code to the open source Mozilla community. "We are happy to see CollabNet contribute to the Mozilla project by releasing code and development tools to the open source community under the Mozilla Public License Mozilla Public License - open source license . CollabNet's mozdev.org site provides a much-needed service for Mozilla developers," said Mitchell Baker Winifred Mitchell Baker, better known simply as Mitchell Baker, is Chief Executive Officer of the Mozilla Corporation, a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that coordinates development of the open source Mozilla Internet applications, including the Mozilla Firefox web , Chief Lizard Wrangler wran·gler n. 1. One who wrangles or quarrels. 2. A cowboy or cowgirl, especially one who tends saddle horses. Noun 1. at mozilla.org. "mozilla.org can't host every project using Mozilla technologies on our source tree. CollabNet's mozdev.org now provides a meeting place and development infrastructure for Mozilla-based projects that aren't hosted by mozilla.org. This is a great resource for the Mozilla community." "Developing mozdev.org represents a significant step in CollabNet's plans to embrace Mozilla as a strategic technology," said David Boswell, project manager, CollabNet. "CollabNet sees the potential for the mozdev.org community to create applications that can impact the millions of users of Mozilla-based browsers worldwide. We look forward to collaborating with the Mozilla developer community on numerous projects hosted on mozdev.org." About SourceCast CollabNet's SourceCast environment is a complete solution comprised of open source tools and proven development practices, which have been customized to enable global collaborative software development projects. This environment is a cohesive Web-based open source development platform that offers simple, powerful and intuitive access to features including: revision control Revision control (also known as version control (system) (VCS), source control or (source) code management (SCM)) is the management of multiple revisions of the same unit of information. , issue tracking, mailing list creation and management, unified Web based administration, discussion forums, surveys, and news and information. About CollabNet CollabNet provides companies with tools and services for collaborative software development by combining open source community expertise with business excellence. CollabNet offers customers a complete development platform with lifecycle management capabilities, and a suite of consulting services to facilitate software development across a worldwide community. CollabNet is currently working with customers ranging from Application Service Providers (ASPs) to Internet firms, hardware and software providers to companies from industries such as finance and healthcare. Brian Behlendorf, co-founder of the Apache Software Foundation (open source, body) Apache Software Foundation - (ASF) An umbrella consortium that manages the development of the Apache web server, dozens of XML- and Java-based projects (under the name Jakarta), the Ant build tool, the Geronimo J2EE server, the SpamAssassin anti-SPAM tool, and , founded CollabNet in July 1999. For more information, see http://www.collab.net. CollabNet is a trademark and SourceCast is a service mark of CollabNet, Inc. Any other product brand names used are the property of their respective owners. |
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