Tine 2.0 is an

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package covering the software categories groupware and

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(CRM), released under the terms of the agpl

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. Tine 2.0 is

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and implemented as a

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(SOA) consisting of two major parts: * The

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component, acting as the master data source is written in

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, and uses a

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as the central data storage. * The

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component, acting as the

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(GUI) is written in

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and runs in the user's

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. Tine 2.0 wraps a set of API's around the

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and

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to model an

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History

Development of Tine 2.0 emerged from development of

Egroupware EGroupware is free open-source groupware collaboration software intended for businesses from small to enterprise. Its primary functions allow users to manage contacts, appointments, projects and to-do lists. The project releases its software u ...

, stemming from a discussion started in March 2007.First discussion about Tine 2.0
/ref> Some developers of

wished to improve the quality of code and the technology upon which

is based. The discussion was held under the topic eGroupWare 2.0. In July 2007, the first design studies were released.First release of new eGroupWare Layout
/ref> At this time, the primary goal of development was the creation a new user interface for Egroupware. In November 2007, the concepts for eGroupWare 2.0 got more detailed.
The main idea was still to provide way how to improve the existing code base of

. Unfortunately, not every developer agreed with the new ideas. The main concern was backward compatibility.Compatibility concerns
/ref> In the end, some developers requested that this development should not be named eGroupWare 2.0 anymore. This led to the name Tine 2.0. The name of the project is based on the first letters of ''This is not eGroupWare 2.0''.Status update of the Tine 2.0 effort
/ref> After the renaming, Tine 2.0 migrated its source code to the

eGroupWare EGroupware is free open-source groupware collaboration software intended for businesses from small to enterprise. Its primary functions allow users to manage contacts, appointments, projects and to-do lists. The project releases its software u ...

svn repository.Tine 2.0 in egroupware-core email archive
/ref> At this time, the main goal was to try out new technologies for the upcoming

releases. As there was no demand in the

project to try out new technologies, the Tine 2.0 project split from the

project. In 2008, Tine 2.0 was finalist of the SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards 2008 in the category best new project. More than 150,000 people votedSourceForge pressrelease
/ref> for different open-source projects in different categories. In 2009, Tine 2.0 was a finalist in

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in the professionaldailymotion.com
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Main features

* Calendar *

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webmail client * Addressbook * CRM * Task management * Time tracker * Synchronisation with mobile devices *

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integration (click to dial) * Provisioning of Snom VoiP telephones * Course management for schools * Filemanager *

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and

CalDAV Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV, or CalDAV, is an Internet standard allowing a client to access and manage calendar data along with the ability to schedule meetings with users on the same or on remote servers. It lets multiple users in differe ...

support * HumanResources * Inventory *

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and ActiveDirectory support

References

External links

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Pro-Linux Infopage

Freecode project site
{{FreeCollabManageSoftware Groupware Free groupware Software using the GNU Affero General Public License

History

Main features

See also

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