We are pleased to pass along this announcement from Sebastian Wagner:

Hi,

I would like to announce that we have release OpenMeetings in Version 1.8, based on the OpenLaszlo framework
I think it can be called quite full-featured: http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/wiki/ChangeLog
Although we still try to improve and permanently add new features.

We are also applying for the Apache Incubator: http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/OpenmeetingsProposal
And after a while we have now an Apache Champion and enough Mentors from the Foundation to move on to bring OpenMeetings into the Apache Incubator. So if things work well that could become the first OpenLaszlo powered project at the Apache Foundation!

Sebastian
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Sebastian Wagner
http://www.webbase-design.de
http://openmeetings.googlecode.com
http://www.wagner-sebastian.com
seba.wagner@gmail.com

It seems that somewhere we should mark the event of the 10,000th JIRA issue being filed yesterday. That's a lot of issues, a lot of new features, and a lot of improvements. It also represents a lot of fixes, contributions, and hard work. What a ride!

I still remember when we moved to JIRA in 2005. We were just getting ready to release OpenLaszlo 3.0. In fact, we were doing our second and final beta release in advance of OpenLaszlo 3.0. The very first JIRA task we filed was to implement dynamic libraries (LPP-1), followed by the implementation of SOLO mode (LPP-2) or serverless deployment as we called it back then. We've come so far!

From then until now, over 6 years have passed and OpenLaszlo has been fortunate to have the expertise and contributions of so many talented developers and contributors. To all of you out there that have supported OpenLaszlo and come along for the ride - thank you!

And now, it's onward to HTML5... and another 10,000.

Newest Addition to Showcase Applications: OpenMeetings

OpenMeetings is a free browser-based software that allows you to
instantly set up a conference in the Web. You can use your microphone
or webcam, share documents on a white board, share your screen or
record meetings. It is available as hosted service or you download and
install a package on your server with no limitations in usage or
users.

Check it out at http://www.openmeetings.de

We've been updating the OpenLaszlo Showcase with new applications submitted by OpenLaszlo users (see http://www.openlaszlo.org/showcase). We've added three new applications, and if you haven't already seen them, they are definitely worth a look:

PROTOGYM: an online personal training and exercise management solution developed in OpenLaszlo featuring intelligent automatic workout generation, historical data tracking and trending, integrated equipment inventories, and detailed videos and instructions for over 600 exercises.

ISCOPE: a web developing agency located in Osnabrück, Germany using OpenLaszlo for small widgets, tool development, and websites, such as a fully functional ERP/Enterprise Resource Management that is also modular and multilingual.

DCM-A: a company specializing in medical informatics, created a medical images viewer in OpenLaszlo that conforms to the DICOM protocol and works in web environments, as well as on mobile or desktop devices.