Mozilla Calendar

Mozilla Calendar is an open source calendar and personal information manager based on the open ICalendar standard. It is developed as part of the Mozilla project.

As with other Mozilla projects, Mozilla Calendar is Cross-platform, and uses the XUL user interface language. It works with Microsoft Windows, Linux (on both Personal computer and PowerPC), and Mac OS X.

=Mozilla Calendar=

The Mozilla Calendar project was announced by the Mozilla Organization (now the Mozilla Foundation) in October 2001. The Mozilla Calendar code was contributed by OEone (now Axentra), who had developed it for use in their Mozilla-based HomeBase DESKTOP system. The project was initially led by OEone employee Mike Potter.

The initial plan was for Mozilla Calendar to eventually be integrated into the Mozilla Application Suite alongside the other components. However, this plan was dropped when Mozilla Organization decided to focus on its nascent standalone applications rather than the integrated suite.

The project suffered a blow in March 2003 when OEone decided to scale back their involvement. A few months later, in July 2003, Mike Potter retired as the head of the project and handed over the reins to fellow OEone employee Mostafa Hosseini. It was also announced that future development work would focus on creating a standalone version of Mozilla Calendar.

Today Mozilla Calendar can be installed as a component in the Mozilla Application Suite, or as an extension (Mozilla) in either the Mozilla Firefox standalone browser or the Mozilla Thunderbird standalone mail and newsgroups client.

=Sunbird=

Mozilla Sunbird is the standalone version of Mozilla Calendar, announced in July 2003. The latest version is 0.2, released on February 4, 2005.

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=Lightning=

Announced on December 22, 2004, the Lightning project aims to create an extension that adds calendar and scheduling functionality to the Thunderbird mail and newsgroups client. It is separate from both the Mozilla Calendar and Sunbird projects, though there will be code shared between them. Unlike the Mozilla Calendar extension or Sunbird, Lightning aims to integrate tightly with Thunderbird.

The Lightning project is headed by longtime Mozilla volunteer and current Oracle Corporation technical staffer Mike Shaver. The project is currently in the very early stages and the first general user release is planned for mid-2005.

=See also=

*List of personal information managers *Comparison of personal information managers

=References=

*Festa, Paul. [http://news.com.com/Mozillas+Lightning+to+strike+Outlook/2100-7344_3-5501618.html Mozilla s Lightning to strike Outlook] . CNET News.com . December 22, 2004.

=External links=

==Project pages==

*[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/ Mozilla Calendar] *[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird.html Sunbird] *[http://wiki.mozilla.org/index.php/Calendar%3ALightning Lightning] *[http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_sunbird/ Portable Sunbird] — A USB drive-friendly version

==News articles==

*[http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.htmlarticle=2069 MozillaZine: mozilla.org Announces Calendar Project] *[http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.htmlarticle=2988 MozillaZine: OEone Scales Back Calendar Development] *[http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.htmlarticle=3373 MozillaZine: Mozilla Calendar Project Lead Mike Potter Retires, Mostafa Hosseini Named as New Head] *[http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.htmlarticle=3432 MozillaZine: Mozilla Sunbird Standalone Calendar Project Launches] *[http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.htmlarticle=5816 MozillaZine: Lightning Project Launched to Provide Calendar Features for Mozilla Thunderbird]