| 词条 | Ximian |
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| name = Ximian, Inc. | logo = | caption = | trading_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | romanized = | former type = | type = Private | traded_as = | industry = Computer software | fate = Acquired by Novell ({{End date|2003|08|04|df=yes}}) | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = Boston, Massachusetts, United States ({{Start date|1999|10|19|df=yes}}) | founder = {{ubl|Miguel de Icaza|Nat Friedman}} | defunct = | location_city = Boston, Massachusetts | location_country = United States | locations = | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = | products = {{ubl|Ximian Desktop|Ximian Evolution|Ximian Connector}} | production = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = | footnotes = | intl = | bodystyle = }} Ximian, Inc. (previously called Helix Code and originally named International Gnome Support) was a company that developed, sold and supported application software for Linux and Unix based on the GNOME platform. It was founded by Miguel de Icaza and Nat Friedman in 1999 and was bought by Novell in 2003. Novell continued to develop Ximian's original products, while adding support for its own GroupWise and ZENworks software. HistoryMiguel de Icaza had a job interview at Microsoft in 1997 shortly before he started the GNOME project. At Microsoft he met Nat Friedman, who worked there as an intern. Afterwards they became good friends. In April 1999 Friedman came up with the idea to create a company to work on GNOME. The company was founded on 19 October 1999 as International GNOME Support, but its name was changed to Helix Code later.[1] Because that name could not be trademarked the name was changed to Ximian on 10 January 2001.[3][1] Nat Friedman was the CEO of Ximian from its founding to 2001 when Ximian brought in David Patrick as CEO and President. Friedman became Vice President of Product Management.[5] The company's business model was based on providing a mix of free and proprietary software, solutions and services.[6] Ximian was a founding member of the GNOME Foundation[7] and the Desktop Linux Consortium.[8] Ximian was acquired by Novell on 4 August 2003 to improve its offerings of Linux for the enterprise.[9] Novell was in turn acquired by The Attachmate Group on 27 April 2011.[10] In May 2011 The Attachmate Group laid off all its US staff working on Mono, which included De Icaza.[11] He and Friedman then founded Xamarin on 16 May 2011, a new company to continue the development of Mono.[12][13] On 24 February 2016, Microsoft announced that they had signed an agreement to acquire Xamarin.[2][3][4] ProductsXimian both developed new products and "polished" existing free software projects to provide more consistent operation. These projects were packaged into its Ximian Desktop product — a range of integrated applications intended to provide all the tools a typical business user might require. So-called "Ximianized" versions of GNOME, OpenOffice.org, and Gaim were released, along with the following completely new products:
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References1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010611023319/http://ximian.com:80/rename/|title=Frequently Asked Questions About the Ximian Name Change|date=2001-06-11|access-date=2018-05-19}} [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]2. ^{{Cite web|title = Microsoft to acquire Xamarin and empower more developers to build apps on any device|url = http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2016/02/24/microsoft-to-acquire-xamarin-and-empower-more-developers-to-build-apps-on-any-device/|website = Official Microsoft Blog|access-date = 2016-02-24|language = en-US|deadurl = no|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160224232629/http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2016/02/24/microsoft-to-acquire-xamarin-and-empower-more-developers-to-build-apps-on-any-device/|archivedate = February 24, 2016|df = mdy-all}} 3. ^{{Cite web|title = Breaking: Microsoft acquires Xamarin, a leading platform provider for mobile app development.|url = http://mspoweruser.com/breaking-microsoft-acquires-xamarin-a-leading-platform-provider-for-mobile-app-development/|website = Microsoft PowerUser|access-date = 2016-02-24|language = en-US|deadurl = no|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160227023930/http://mspoweruser.com/breaking-microsoft-acquires-xamarin-a-leading-platform-provider-for-mobile-app-development/|archivedate = February 27, 2016|df = mdy-all}} 4. ^{{Cite web|title = Microsoft Agrees to Acquire Xamarin Inc. Deal reflects efforts to increase Microsoft software’s presence on devices beyond those that run Windows.|url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-agrees-to-acquire-xamarin-inc-1456340494|website = Wall Street Journal|access-date = 2016-02-24|language = en-US|deadurl = no|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160224211456/http://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-agrees-to-acquire-xamarin-inc-1456340494|archivedate = February 24, 2016|df = mdy-all}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|last=Icaza|first=Miguel de|title=Helix Code. The GNOME company.|url=http://primates.ximian.com/~miguel/helix-history.html|accessdate=30 January 2013}} 6. ^1 {{cite web|last=Hall|first=Michael|title=Ximian gets a new CEO|url=http://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/2001041701020NWGN|publisher=Linux Today|accessdate=30 January 2013|date=17 April 2001}} 7. ^1 {{cite web|last=Galli|first=Peter|title=Ximian Branching Out|url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Ximian-Branching-Out/|publisher=eWeek|accessdate=30 January 2013|date=3 December 2001}} 8. ^1 {{cite web|last=Friedman|first=Nat|title=Helix Code is now "Ximian, Inc"|url=http://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/2001011100204NWGN|publisher=Linux Today|accessdate=30 January 2013|date=11 January 2001}} 9. ^1 {{cite pressrelease|title="Red Hat Joins Industry Vendors as a Founding Member of the GNOME Foundation"|url=http://www.gnome.org/press/2000/08/red-hat-joins-industry-vendors-as-a-founding-member-of-the-gnome-foundation/|publisher=GNOME|accessdate=30 January 2013|date=15 August 2000}} 10. ^1 {{cite web|title=Industry Leaders Launch Desktop Linux Consortium|url=http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.020503/230362262|publisher=DesktopLinux.com|accessdate=30 January 2013|date=4 February 2003}} 11. ^1 {{cite pressrelease|title=Novell Acquires Ximian to Expand Linux Solutions and Open Source Commitment|url=http://www.novell.com/news/press/2003/8/novell_acquires_ximian_to_expand_linux_solutions_and_open_source_commitment.html|publisher=Novell|accessdate=30 January 2013|date=4 August 2003}} 12. ^1 {{cite pressrelease|title=Novell Completes Merger with Attachmate and Patent Sale to CPTN Holdings LLC|url=http://www.novell.com/news/press/2011/4/novell-completes-merger-with-attachmate-and-patent-sale-to-cptn-holdings-llc.html|publisher=Novell|accessdate=30 January 2013|date=27 April 2011}} 13. ^1 {{cite web|last=Clarke|first=Galvin|title=.NET Android and iOS clones stripped by Attachmate|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/03/novell_mono_layoffs/|publisher=The Register|accessdate=30 January 2013|date=3 May 2011}} 14. ^1 {{cite web|last=Icaza|first=Miguel de|title=Announcing Xamarin|url=http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/May-16.html|work=Personal blog of Miguel de Icaza|accessdate=30 January 2013|date=16 May 2011}} 15. ^1 {{cite web|last=Friedman|first=Nat|title=Xamarin|url=http://nat.org/blog/2011/05/xamarin/|work=Nat Friedman's blog|accessdate=9 February 2013|date=25 May 2011}} }} External links
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