The Komodo Dev Team is thrilled to announce the creation of the Open 
Komodo Project, a new initiative to create an open source platform and 
promote open standards. The Open Komodo Project will support the open 
web and web standards, fill a need for developer tools in the open web 
technology stack, and drive further innovation for Komodo IDE and Komodo 
Edit.

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Open Web and Open Standards
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ActiveState is joining advocates like Mozilla in promoting the open web. 
The open web philosophy aims to maintain the integrity of the web as a 
public space that is platform, language, and browser neutral. Open 
standards advocate user freedom and choice, encourage decentralization 
and community, and ensure the viability of non-proprietary web technologies.

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Open Source and Open Komodo
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Open Komodo is an open-source code base upon which IDE software packages 
can be developed. The initial open source code for Open Komodo will be a 
portion of ActiveState's Komodo Edit.

The first tool the Open Komodo Project aims to create on the Open Komodo 
code base is a full-featured client-side web development tool. Currently 
codenamed Komodo Snapdragon, it will be integrated with Firefox and 
based on Komodo IDE, and developed in collaboration with the open source 
community.

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Komodo Edit and Komodo IDE
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The Open Komodo project is based on Komodo Edit, but not all of the 
features of Komodo Edit will open sourced. Komodo Edit will continue to 
be available as a free product from ActiveState, and Komodo IDE will 
continue to be ActiveState's advanced developer tool and fully-supported 
professional integrated development environment.

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Join the Open Komodo Project
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In anticipation of the source code release, scheduled for November 2007, 
there are other ways you can get involved:

1. Join the mailing list at 
http://www.activestate.com/openkomodo/participate and stay up-to-date 
with Open Komodo Project news.

2. Use the Komodo Community site forums at 
http://community.activestate.com/ to add your feedback, ask questions, 
or send us your comments and concerns.

3. Spread the word about the open web.

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These are the highlights; there's much more on the ActiveState website 
at http://www.activestate.com/openkomodo, including the mailing list and 
project timeline, and the discussion is just getting started over on the 
Komodo Community site forums, at http://community.activestate.com.

Thank you for your continued support of ActiveState!

The Komodo Dev Team
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