dot.KDE: The Big Kolab Kontact Interview--Part II | Linux Today

dot.KDE: The Big Kolab Kontact Interview–Part II

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 10, 2005

As Kontact is the Kolab client on the KDE platform how
did Kontact happen? Which parties were involved and were there any
sponsors involved?

Cornelius Schumacher: Kontact actually has a long
history. It started as an experiment in 2000 under the name
Twister, was reintroduced in 2002 as Kaplan and finally started to
become what it is today in 2003. Maybe the biggest single step to
make Kontact happen was Don Sanders porting KMail to provide a
KPart for integration in Kontact…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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