Mozilla Calendar

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The Mozilla Calendar was a Mozilla - software project that the development of the calendar software Mozilla Sunbird and the Thunderbird extension Lightning drove forward. Sunbird and Lightning are free software and come under the Mozilla tri license : the Mozilla Public License , the GNU General Public License, and the GNU Lesser General Public License .

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A screenshot of Mozilla Calendar on Windows XP

The project began as an extension for the Mozilla projects under the name Mozilla Calendar with a calendar application with an integrated Personal Information Manager based on the open iCalendar standard. The software was originally developed as part of the Mozilla Suite , but was then replaced by Mozilla Sunbird and Lightning . Just like the other Mozilla projects, Mozilla Calendar was cross-platform and used the XUL language for the user interface . The program ran on Windows , Linux , macOS and FreeBSD .

The Mozilla Calendar project was announced in October 2001 by the Mozilla Organization (now the Mozilla Foundation ). The original program code of the Mozilla Calendar was donated by OEone (now Axentra), who developed it for the in-house Mozilla-based desktop system. The project was initially led by OEone employee Mike Potter. A short time later, Mike Potter and his team had to give up development because other projects had priority. Mostafa Hosseini became the new project manager.

The initial plan for Mozilla Calendar was to eventually integrate it with the Mozilla Application Suite along with the other components. However, the plan was abandoned when Mozilla decided to focus on the nascent standalone programs instead of the integrated suite.

Mozilla Calendar could be installed as a component of the Mozilla Application Suite or as an extension in the Mozilla Firefox browser or the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client. However, this extension was replaced by the Lightning project, a project with the same functions and goals, but a much better integration with Thunderbird.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ mozilla.org Announces Calendar Project - MozillaZine - MozillaZine article announces the code donation from Axentra.
  2. ↑ œOne Scales Back Calendar Development - MozillaZine - Mike Potter withdraws from the project.
  3. ↑ Mozilla Calendar Project Lead Mike Potter Retires, Mostafa Hosseini Named as New Head - MozillaZine - Mostafa Hosseini the new project manager.

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