- Chandler (PIM)
Infobox_Software
name = Chandler
caption = Chandler calendar view
developer =Open Source Applications Foundation
latest_release_version = 1.0.1
latest_release_date =September 10 ,2008
operating_system =Cross-platform
genre =Personal information manager
license =Apache License
website = [http://chandlerproject.org/ chandlerproject.org/]Chandler is a
personal information management software suite described by its developers as a "Note-to-Self Organizer" designed for personal and small-grouptask management and calendaring. It'sfree software , previously released under theGNU General Public License , and [http://wp.osafoundation.org/2006/08/02/chandler-is-now-licensed-under-the-apache-20-license/ now] released under theApache License . Chandler consists of a cross-platform desktop application (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux), the Chandler Hub Sharing Service and Chandler Server. Version 1.0 of the software was released on August 8th, 2008. [ [http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2008/08/08/chandler-10/ Chandler Project Blog] ]Chandler is being developed by the
Open Source Applications Foundation . The main programming language is Python, and it runs under Windows, Linux, and Macintosh. It is named after the mystery novelistRaymond Chandler [Rosenberg, Scott. Dreaming in Code. Crown Publishers:New York, 2007, pg 81.] , and inspired by a PIM from the 1980s calledLotus Agenda ."Chandler design goals:"
* Build on open source software that supportsopen standards , choosing projects that are reliable, well documented, and widely used
* Use the Python language at the top level to orchestrate low level, higher performance code
* Design a platform that supports an extensible modular architecture
* For the desktop client, choose a cross-platform user interface toolkit that provides native user experience
* Use a persistentobject database
* Build in security from the ground up
* Build an architecture that supports sharing, communication, and collaborationChandler is also the subject of the non-fiction book "
Dreaming in Code :Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software" by Scott Rosenberg.ee also
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List of personal information managers References
* "Portions of this article are taken from the [http://www.osafoundation.org OSAF website] , published under the
Creative Commons Attribution License v2.0."External links
* [http://chandlerproject.org/ Chandler Project Official Website]
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