Kolab - History

History

2002:

• Kolab 1 / Kroupware was designed utilizing iCal and vCard formats to store calendar entries, contacts, notes, tasks etc. in Kolab’s IMAP directories.

2003:

• KMail and the KDE PIM software were enhanced, creating the Kroupware Client.
• Kolab 1.0 was released.
• The first Outlook connector was developed.

2004:

• Aethera became a Kolab 1 groupware client.
• Citadel/UX learned how to mimic a Kolab 1 groupware server.
• Kolab 2 was designed as a general overhaul and implemented utilizing the versatile and extensible Kolab Open Format to store groupware data.
• The Kroupware Client matured to KDE Kontact.

2005:

• KolabSyncML ("Sync4j Kolab Connector / SyncSource"), a Kolab Java interface and Funambol connector, had its first alpha release.
• Kolab 2.0 was released.
• A second Outlook connector appeared on the market.
• The SyncKolab project started developing a Mozilla Thunderbird / SeaMonkey and Lightning connector.

2006:

• Kolab 2.1 was designed with many significant enhancements over 2.0.

2007:

• Kolab 2.1 was released.
• A third Outlook connector was released.

2008:

• SyncKolab 1.0 for Thunderbird 1.5 and 2.0 as well as SeaMonkey 1.0 and 1.1 (optionally with Lightning 0.9 for calendaring and tasks) was released.
• Kolab 2.2 was released, with full support of multiple mail domains, integrated Horde web front-end, updated base packages (OpenPKG, OpenLDAP, Cyrus IMAP, Postfix, Perl, Apache, PHP, etc.), easier integration in operating system distributions, and many other new features.

2009:

• Kolab 2.2.1 was released, as an enhancement and maintenance release, integrating an updated web client (Horde) and preliminary SyncML support.
• Kolab 2.2.2 was released, as a maintenance release of the Kolab 2.2 branch.
• Kolab 2.2.3 was released, further enhancing functionality, stability and scalability of the Kolab 2.2 branch.

2010:

• KolabiPhone, a Kolab sync connector for the iPhone, had its first pre-alpha release.
• Two new Free Software Kolab sync connectors for Android and Outlook were announced and their first alpha releases published.
• Syncphony was released, which extends Kolab with a Funambol connector and offers Kolab functionality as a web service.
• SyncKolab 1.5 for Thunderbird 3 / SeaMonkey 2 (optionally with Lightning 1.0 beta for calendaring and tasks) was released.
• Kolab 2.2.4 was released as a maintenance release of the Kolab 2.2 branch.
• Kontact Touch was released, offering full Kolab functionality on mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets.

2011:

• Kolab 2.3.0 was released, containing many updated core components and other improvements, the new Z-push synchronization for clients using ActiveSync (in addition to the already existing SyncML support) and an overhauled web-based administration front-end.
• Kolab 2.3.1 was released shortly thereafter, as a bugfix release.
• Kolab 2.3.2 was released as a regular maintenance release of the Kolab 2.3 branch, with updated Postfix and Z-push components.
• Kontact 2 was released next to KDE SC 4.6.4, with many improvements related to Kolab.
• evolution-kolab was released, which extends GNOME’s Evolution and EDS (Evolution Data Server) to become a full-featured Kolab client.
• Kolab 2.3.3 was released, providing a lot of bugfixes for the Horde components and many updated base components (Apache, Cyrus IMAP, OpenLDAP, OpenSSL and PHP).
• Kolab 2.3.4 was released as a bugfix release.
• Kolab-WS was split out of Syncphony as a standalone web service, providing Kolab functionality. Hence Syncphony solely becomes a Funambol connector.

2012:

• evolution-kolab had its first release as part of the GNOME initiative in Evolution 3.4.
• SyncKolab was massively overhauled and released as version 2.0 for Thunderbird / SeaMonkey (optionally with Lightning for calendaring and tasks).
• evolution-kolab was vastly enhanced and had its second release as part of the GNOME initiative in Evolution 3.6.