[Xerte] Re: Happy Birthday Xerte

[Ron Mitchell]

Another year older and better - maturing well with age! ;-)

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 30 August 2011 15:41
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Happy Birthday Xerte

 

Hi,

 

It is, today, five years since we sent the first humble message to the
fledgling listserv we'd set up for this piece of software we didn't have a
name for that we thought might be useful. The message simply said (in the
best traditions) 'test' and it received the equally humble reply 'tested'.
The software was known then simply as 'the engine'. We picked Xerte as an
acronym for 'xml editor and run-time engine', and some time later we
discovered that xerte means 'to know' or 'joyful' in Greek:

http://comms.nottingham.ac.uk/learningtechnology/2011/04/04/in-the-know/.
'Xerte' also returned 0 hits in google at the time: now, Google provides
117,000 references!

 

Over 10,000 messages later here we are, a community of over 350 people all
over the world representing hundreds of institutions and organisations, and
it's thanks to all of you that we've reached this milestone: I doff my cap
to you all.

 

There are a few more details of the project's history here:

http://comms.nottingham.ac.uk/learningtechnology/2011/08/29/happy-birthday-x
erte-key-events/

 

and here:
http://comms.nottingham.ac.uk/learningtechnology/2011/08/30/happy-birthday-x
erte-the-development-of-xerte-toolkits/

 

for your delectation! Please enjoy a slice of virtual cake.

 

Happy Birthday Xerte!

 

J

 

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