Linux Email Leader Scalix Announces Plans to Make Community Edition an Open Source Project; Software Vendor Announces Open Source Strategy and Roadmap.SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif. & PORTLAND, Ore. -- Scalix Corporation, the leading Linux email, calendaring and integration platform company, today announced that it will turn its popular Scalix Community Edition free software product into an open source project. In an effort to sponsor and support the creation of a complete enterprise open source application stack The set of applications typically required by an organization. A typical "enterprise" application stack would include the basic office functions (word processing, spreadsheet, database, etc.), as well as a Web browser and e-mail and instant messaging programs. , the company will contribute major parts of the source code of the Scalix platform -- known for its stability and reliability -- to the community. This will allow more options for porting, localization Customizing software and documentation for a particular country. It includes the translation of menus and messages into the native spoken language as well as changes in the user interface to accommodate different alphabets and culture. See internationalization and l10n. , enhancements and further integration options with other systems. In a related announcement, Scalix announced a new licensing agreement with Hewlett-Packard that supports open sourcing the portions of the Scalix product line based on HP's proven OpenMail technology. Scalix Community Edition Open Source will consist of the Scalix Server, a new web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. API platform for application integration, the Scalix Installer, the Scalix Administration Console, Scalix Web Access Mobile and new search and indexing services, as well as Scalix Ready open source components. The open source project will be based on Scalix's upcoming major release of their commercial enterprise product family, scheduled for community preview in August 2006. Phased release of open source components will continue through March 2007. Scalix has built a strong user community with more than 2,000 active members and more than 35,000 downloads of Community Edition since the free product was released last August. The software is used to run more than 10,000 email servers supporting over one million users and includes an AJAX-based web client and robust Outlook support. For further information on Scalix Community Edition, go to www.scalix.com/communityedition. "We've been very excited about the success of the Scalix Community Edition product," said Glenn Winokur, Scalix's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "One million deployed mailboxes and forums with thousands of active members are proof of the strong interest in a field-proven email and calendaring platform that scales well from small businesses to large enterprise environments. Scalix Community Edition Open Source will be a major step toward a complete stack of enterprise-ready open source applications, complementing other leading solutions such as SugarCRM and Alfresco," he added. Open Source Roadmap By the end of August and following the release of the community preview, Scalix will launch the new open source community website featuring the Scalix Community Forum, a public bugtracking system, an extended documentation wiki A Web site that can be quickly edited by its visitors with simple formatting rules. Developed by Ward Cunningham in the mid-1990s to provide collaborative discussions, there are several "wiki" tools on the market for creating such sites, including www.editme.com, www.seedwiki.com, www. and a blog. Over the following months, Scalix will make component source code, localization kits, technical documentation and updated binaries available. This will start in September with the source code release of a web services platform for administration infrastructure, data access and application integration, the Scalix Web Access mobile client for wireless devices, the new search and indexing service and the Scalix installer. The source code of the underlying Scalix mail and directory server will be released in the first quarter of 2007. "We're turning Community Edition into our first large-scale open source project and will add all the usual tools such as a public code repository, a bugtracking system and more feedback channels," said Florian von Kurnatowski, Scalix's newly appointed director of open source programs. "We recognize that taking a closed system and making it open source is a tough challenge. It will take code cleanup and other preparations which will take time to accomplish. However, we are committed to making Scalix available to the open source community and we're well underway in our efforts." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Scalix, the REST and SOAP APIs in Scalix's web services platform will enable rapid integration with other well-known projects as well as adding more members to Scalix's family of Clients of Choice. The company will encourage and support a close relationship and partnership with other related open source communities, such as leading alternative desktop client providers (e.g. Mozilla, KDE (K Desktop Environment) A GUI-based user interface primarily for Unix and Linux machines, but also available for Windows and Mac. The source code is freely distributed and is maintained by developers around the world. Project, GNOME gnome (nōm), in folklore, tiny subterranean creature associated with mines and quarries. Usually represented as misshapen, frequently as hunchbacked, gnomes are said to be guardians of hidden treasures. Project), communications ecosystems (e.g. Funambol, Asterisk, 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. Software Foundation, HylaFAX), collaboration (e.g. Alfresco), business applications (e.g. SugarCRM, Compiere), systems management solutions (e.g. Hyperic, GroundWork Open Source), as well as messaging ecosystem support for anti-virus, anti-spam, directory, back-up and archiving. "We've been talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to other communities for a long time," added von Kurnatowski. "Being a true open source player will enable us to deepen some of those relationships, to the benefit of developers, community users and commercial customers alike," he said. Scalix is already offering the source code for the Novell Evolution This article is about the e-mail client. For the theory in biology, see Evolution. Evolution or Novell Evolution (formerly Ximian Evolution, prior to Novell's 2003 acquisition of Ximian) is the official personal information manager and workgroup information client connector under a GPL-based license. The company's Outlook MAPI (Mail API) A programming interface from Microsoft that enables a client application to send to and receive mail from Exchange Server or a Microsoft Mail (MS Mail) messaging system. Microsoft applications such as Outlook, the Exchange client and Microsoft Schedule use MAPI. connector will remain closed source, but will be enabled to interoperate with the open source server components. Scalix will also provide a free upgrade path to current Community Edition users. Open Source Licensing Scalix will introduce and maintain a dual licensing strategy. The company will license open source components under the "Scalix Public License (SPL (1) (Systems Programming Language) The assembly language for the HP 3000 series. See assembly language for an SPL program example. (2) (Structured Programming Language) See structured programming. 1. )" which is derived from the Mozilla Public License Mozilla Public License - open source license (MPL 1. (language) MPL - An early possible name for PL/I. [Sammet 1969, p.542]. 2. MPL - MasPar data-parallel version of C. See also ampl. Compiler version 3.1. 3. MPL - Motorola Programming Language. ). This allows the use of third-party code not licensed under MPL and also permits the co-existence with commercial code components. There will also be a commercial license for the Scalix enterprise product as well as a mechanism for community contributions. "Using an MPL-derived license in a dual-licensing model is very common in the open source community today. It is the most flexible choice of a license as it allows both the open source community and third parties with proprietary licenses to integrate," explained von Kurnatowski. About Scalix Corporation Scalix is the leading Linux email, calendaring and integration platform company that addresses the needs of CIOs, email administrators and end users for a Linux-based, open source supported, field tested collaboration environment. With over 1 million mailboxes worldwide, 35,000 Community Edition downloads, more than 2,000 community forum members and over 400 corporate customers, Scalix is the lowest-risk, Linux-based email and calendaring platform available to the enterprise today. Scalix is available online at www.scalix.com or through Linux resellers worldwide. Scalix is a trademark of Scalix Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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