
  WebCollab


      QUICK LINKS

    * For installation see the INSTALLATION <install.html> file.
    * For questions and answers to common problems see the FAQ
      <faq.html> file.
    * For help in getting started see the BASICS <start.html> file.
    * For the notes relevant to this release see the RELEASE NOTES file
      in the root directory.


      BACKGROUND

WebCollab was originally based on Core-lan-org software (CoreAPM)
written by Dennis Fleurbaaij.

I started using CoreAPM in November 2001 for project managing a
telcommunications cellsite deployment at my place of employment - a
civil engineering consultancy. Along the way, I made changes and
improvements to the CoreAPM source code; I become a contributor, then a
listed developer to the CoreAPM code.

Over time my version slowly moved away from the main tree because we had
need different needs and aims. In time it became uniquely different from
the CoreAPM software.

We are still using WebCollab for the same cellsite rollout; it's also
being used for numerous other projects internally. By March 2003, the
time had come to release back to the community, and let a wider range of
users experience WebCollab.

In August 2003, development of CoreAPM officially ceased and the
original developer recommended that users convert to WebCollab.

WebCollab has been developed on Red Hat Linux and Debian Woody and run
in a production environment with initially, PostgreSQL, and later MySQL
databases. Although we do not develop in Windows, we have enough reports
of stable installations to recommend this as a working platform.

I hope that you enjoy using WebCollab; it's been fun bringing it to you.

Andrew Simpson
/andrew.simpson@paradise.net.nz/


      HOMEPAGE

http://webcollab.sourceforge.net/ <http://webcollab.sourceforge.net/>


      LICENSE

Webcollab is released under the GNU GPL license. See the file LICENSE
<../LICENSE> for details


      THANKS

Thanks goes to Dennis Fleurbaaij for letting me loose on the CoreAPM
code, while I picked up some rudimentary PHP coding skills.

Numerous people have made suggestions, and comments to improve
WebCollab. I have tried to thank these people in the RELEASE file of
each release.

Special thanks goes to the translators who have supported me with
translations.


      CONTRIBUTIONS, FEEDBACK & COMMENTS

Contributions and comments are always welcomed. Most of the developed
features in recent versions have been the result of user comments and ideas.

Feedback from users or groups using WebCollab is especially welcomed.
It's always a buzz to hear that WebCollab is helping someone, somewhere...

