“It’s not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better, the credit belongs to the man of the arena who’s face is marred by dust, sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who knows the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause, who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at worst if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never known neither victory nor defeat”
Theodore Roosevelt
Eight years of work, dreams, changes, surprises, disappointments, joy, glory, tears, praises, complaints, huge releases, losses and most importantly - 8 years of passion. BoonEx is changing the world, making it better, uniting people.
We did a lot of things wrong and a lot right. We always look for new ways, new solutions, new approaches. What works - stays, what doesn’t - gets scrapped. It’s a constant forward motion and a never-ending search.
Same day, one year ago we had a huge launch. This year we’re trying to be a little more patient - not rushing things out of the door, BUT I am happy to tell you that this year is going to be even more revolutionary and exciting.
“8” is a symbol of new beginning, and this year we plan to come up with products and changes that would build the foundation for a new era of BoonEx development.
So, it looks like it’s time to reveal some plans...
ALL of our sea-creatures are going to be upgraded this year. The Dolphin roadmap is publicly available, so you can track what’s going on. This year we’re focusing on ‘quality’ upgrades, incrementally improving and polishing every feature. Ray is also being improved - all widgets are re-written under the Flash 9 platform and new features come aplenty. Orca 2 is being improved in both functionality and integration.
Additionally, we’re just about to launch a cPanel auto-installer, so that you can install Dolphin on your server with a few clicks right from your cPanel.
BoonEx is all about innovation, so we couldn't just miss the iPhone and Android hype! Both the iPhone App and Android App for Dolphin are now under development and the iPhone App is due for release very soon.
We’ve been keeping details about NBT under the table for some time - for a reason. The thing is that we take it VERY seriously. This is not just a product version upgrade or new widget...it is much, much more and what you read next will reveal a lot!
Boonex's best, most experienced developers have been working on NBT for a few years now. It was supposed to be called Shark, but we found that we had to re-work Shark and to do better. There’s still a lot of development going on with even the core architectural part, but we’re finally at that stage where we can reveal some details. I now believe that no one from all of our competition will be able to catch up.
First, let’s talk about WHY we need NBT at all...
Dolphin, Orca and Ray are great, but they all have some fundamental flaws that no version upgrade can solve. In fact, all comparable products from other vendors have the same problems, and none of them is any better in that respect.
We’ve been reading your forums posts, blogs and comments. We conducted extensive research, exploring the latest versions of Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, ExpressionEngine and others. Finally, we outlined a very ambitious plan... AND now we are working on it. We call it...
...and it is the core of Dolphin 8, Orca 8, Barracuda 8 and Shark 8.
Why would you want, say, Dolphin 8? How about...
- 100% separation of core and functional modules. Poseidon treats everything as a plugin. Blog, search form, photos browser, comments, video player, you name it. Upgrade, modify, delete, activate or add new plugins and your site is still rock-solid.
- Super-simple upgrades. Thanks to full separation of plugins and core, you can upgrade separate plugins selectively. Upgrade the core with minimal impact on plugins and with proper compatibility verification.
- Ecosystem. We have Unity, Expertzzz and a few 3d party partners that we’re getting together to develop modules for Poseidon. Unlike Dolphin 6 mods, Poseidon Plugins distribution and installation is very simple. Ever purchased music from iTunes? It’s THAT simple.
- Designed for colossal performance. Poseidon is intended for massive traffic loads. Not “adapted”, but developed from the ground up with millions of users in mind. This is what so many of you have written about and have waited for!
- Latest technology. While Dolphin 6 is a product of evolution, Poseidon is based on the latest and greatest web-development technologies, solutions and practices. Completely new design, thought-out user interface, superior site structure and an all-new approach for the admin interface.
- Stability and security. Again, thanks to separation of the core and plugins we are building a lot more stable and secure core.
- Better code. Poseidon development is heavily supervised to ensure highest programming standards.
- Openness. Poseidon is going to be released under an open-source license and will support 3-rd party modules/apps the same as native plugins. From the very beginning, Poseidon will support OpenSocial apps and will treat them as plugins. Plugins developed by Unity members or even your own team would all seamlessly become parts of your site.
- Top-notch templating and language systems.
- Simplified licensing. Poseidon-based products would have a lot less hassle in terms of licensing than the current version of Dolphin, Orca and Ray.
- Built-in Ray Widgets. All, and some new, Ray widgets are going to become Poseidon plugins, without the need to buy extra licenses and without separate installation.
and a lot more
I know that while many are going to get excited, some of you may have quite a few concerns. You developed, bought, installed mods. You re-designed your site. You finally have members adding-up and bang! - Poseidon.
No worries. We hear you. Dolphin 6.x will live on and will be developing up until Dolphin 7. Dolphin 7 would become a “bridge version”. The idea is to let you gradually upgrade your site step-by-step up until both Dolphin 7 and Dolphin 8 are ready for hassle-free upgrade without loss.
First, we’ll be running private testing, then public testing. SmartPro customers, Unity Pundits, Moderators and Experts would have early access.
SmartPro customers would have free time-unlimited licenses.
The version with BoonEx links will be free. Links removal pricing will be announced later.
Thank you to all loyal customers and supporters. You were patient and caring enough to stay with us, often in spite of huge shake-ups, delays and problems. You are the major driving force, and your support is the foundation of BoonEx success.
Thank you all not-so-loyal customers and competitors. Your critique, refunds, bashing, attacks and complaints made us stronger, more experienced and inventive. You’re the best source of our motivation.
Thank you developers, affiliates, web-masters, experts, moderators, pundits and contributors. You are turning BoonEx into a global community - a virtual eco-system that makes BoonEx a true “community software expert”.
Thank you BoonEx Team. You are the best.
So, 8 years behind. Versions “8” coming soon. We have high hopes and huge plans. The next year is the BoonEx year!
Thanks to all our customers for being with us! Thanks to every BoonEx worker - it's a great pleasure to work with you!!!
Let our dreams come true!!!
And lets go ahead ;)
Eight years of Tremendous work! Unbelievable progress! Great community behind!
Happy Birthday, Team, Friends, Community Members and all who want to be a part of our world!
Congratulations, Andrey and Julia!
Let's rock this world!
Thank you for the great software
Let rock ...
I really like the idea of plugins...
Well I know I've got to do it... I feel a headache coming on :-)
When is it likely to appear??
Stuart
and thank you for the great things..
Looks like we are in for another exciting ride
Thank you for the great software
...your on the right way. 8 is a good number... ;-)
can't wait to see what you'll fish out of the sea for us next :-)
I can't wait. Cool news.
Keep it up.
and thank you for the great things you have done and even better things to come...
Hope and pray that we can be BoonEx partners for the years to come.
(How about a multi domain database? :-) )
Kind Regards
Rusty
I can't waiiiiiiit....
I like your software community script :)
Domain Name: BOONEX.COM
Created on: 19-Nov-04
Expires on: 19-Nov-11
Last Updated on: 20-Sep-07
When I add the numbers up it don't equal 8. But I could be missing something. I have been following dolphin much longer than most users but not 8 years.
Don't get me wrong guys I'm certainly gonna hit you see more
Before BoonEx it was AEwebworks. And even before AEwebworks we were developing LoveCompass and smaller sites, that were later used as a foundation of our first version of aeDating Dating Software. Dolphin evolved from aeDating.
So, we actually started dating/community/software see more
Just curious that is all. Where you big programmers are from, how you relate to Australia and I've even seen mention as you state Kyrgystan.
It's intersting how it all works.
Look forward to the future of Boonex!! 2 thumbs up!!
hope this year is as good as last, and even better by the sounds of it.
some of us might sound harsh at time, but we still tell everyone its the best product out there, and it is, the best.
having been here a year now, i love it, i know dolphin and what the vision of boonex it, that cant be faulted, people just need to understand you cant develope something this big over night.
congrats to all involved for a job well done
Sammie x
Thats lots of stuff to look forward to.
Good luck for all the projects.
Enjoy the Party
Wow... now that was a mouth full ! I am anxiously awaiting further news. I have a Smart Pro Site and I am thinking that I will receive some type of notification of the release and early access / limited license?
Also, I have a big curiosity about costs. Please let me know how best to get notifications of happenings. I want to be informed!
Thanks!
Thank you for this big works, best scripts and best support .. my site started with the dolphin script from 1.5 years ago ... all things was great and exciting.
Now, you tell us with new news and more more than great .. I'm really I can't wait for release NBT and dolphin 8 :)
I wish you new year great and the best
best regards
Rawaf
you guys have put out some great stuff, and i like the post, it was absolutely spot on.
please let us know when you need beta testers, there are those of us who are waiting and willing to get you the feedback you deserve on your products.
Happy Birthday Keep The Good Times Rolling
regards,
DosDawg
Terabyte Hosting Solutions
Happy Birthday Boonex!
Your announcement sound more than great. I think there will be the next revolution in the near time.
TR quote hangs above my computer...How ironic :)
Boonex Congratulations, thank you for any, and make my dreams reality.
/SmartPro customer
I look FORWARD to the good things to come .....
Just to be clear ..... are all the ever increasing bugs/problems/annoyances/avoidances/ommitances/quirks/inconsistancies, etc going to be DEALT with and FIXED with the emergence of Poseidon to JUSTIFY all the big talk, or simply swept under the rug and ignored as in the past?
It seems you have (possibly) got your head screwed on right but are you going to actually support and sustain it? (all the big talk)
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6.x is a result of huge work of lots of different developers, different groups, even different tech management. It's a great product, but has its drawbacks, most of which come from that huge life-cycle.
Now we know the secret:
The Next Big Thing will be the "POSEIDON ADVENTURE"
Poseidon sounds great and the natural evolution of everything that came before.
I admire your perseverance and your always positive outlook.
Dolphin 6 taught me patience and with all things Boonex I have learned that anything worth having is worth waiting for.
Patiently awaiting Poseidon
Dwain
http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/roadmap
As always, let us know what we can do to assist and look forward to bigger and better things ...
From all of us at:
CyberXing
I look forward to the new dolphin...
In my research in trying to find the right product for me I ran into the whole Boon Ska issue. My thoughts on that is, it's mostly BS. If you want an example of name changes just look to the telecom industry. Cell phone providers. They seam to change names all the time. How about Att labs, that was spun off into Lucent then changed it's name to Actel when it's stock see more
Dolphin 7 and 8 still not released at all, Dolphin 8 just under development progress. Nobody can`t have it and test.
Sounds awesome.
Thanks for listening to us. Don't forget your 8-8-08 promises ; )
I can't wait to see everything that you will bring us in the next 8 years. Keep up the excellent work!
Thanks from all of us :)
so lets see whats going on!! :)
Now the charge should be given to the Open Community Coders and make it really Open Source like Joomla and Drupal and Wordpress and PHP Nuke.
Great Work and great team of Boonex , Congrats...
I never realized all the work being done in the background
I wish you much success in your continuing endeavors
for this great software and look forward to Poseidon.
Thanks
Great job my friends... NOW... Call me when you turn 16.. Better yet.. Call me at 18, so then your Legal and not gonna get me 20 years... HA HA HA HA HA... JK
CONGRADS MY FRIENDS!!!!
Keep up the AWSOME WORK!!!
I have a question - what about those of us who have bought the unlimited version of Dolphin (but didn't buy Orca, Ray, etc). Do we get the upgrade to Poseidon for free or are we going be stuck using Dolphin 7/8 until we can afford the upgrade to Poseidon?
Thanks.
keep it up .....our team already decided continue using BOONEX
from now.
CONGRATULATION & and please let us know your POSEIDON
soons
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Bambie Murphy
First, we’ll be running private testing, then public testing. SmartPro customers, Unity Pundits, Moderators and Experts would have early access.
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Have you changed that sentence? You had Contributors there too but now it's gone. ???
Keep on rockin' and rollin' Boonex...
Happy Birthday Boonex
Thx
When will Poseidon be available? I need to know because I want to make changes to 6.1.4 but it will cost a lot.
Kind Regards
Rusty
Ive heard of mid Jan 09 for release of 7 and an early summer 09 date for 8, is this accurate or rumour?
Rgds.
Mi