Product Naming
The OpenTopic product was the initial hosted solution by Infopop. It was largely replaced by UBB.x, a separate product that was an update to the OpenTopic software. UBB.x was more targeted to small to mid-sized businesses and communities who wanted a hosted solution at a premium price.
UBB.x then went through four major versions. In early 2004, UBB.x was integrated into the Eve Community platform. The module system of Eve Community was introduced with the announcement that many modules would be made available; UBB.x was one of the initial modules. Since the initial Eve Alpha testing in late 2003 the number of modules increased from two to four and no third party modules have been announced by Social Strata or integrated with the software as originally planned. As of January 2008, the forums module remains at the same version numbering it did in late 2003.
In 2005, along with a planned corporate rebranding, Eve was renamed Groupee Community.
A new Groupee Community "2.0" product was announced in January 2005 with an initial beta test announced for September/October 2005. It was originally meant to end-of-life the current Groupee Community upon its release. The initial beta period was missed and the product evolved into a completely new service behind the scenes.
In May 2006, Groupee Community was renamed back to Eve Community and will remain an available product, now targeted to large enterprises. The new Groupee Network has no relation to the previous Groupee Community, now Eve Community, or the defunct Groupee Community replacement.
The last major general update to Eve Community, as of December 2009, was in January 2005.
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