Happy birthday, Joomla!

Posted by admin on Sep 1, 2010 in Global news | Comments Off

Today the 5 th Birthday Joomla!

September 1, 2005 were launched sites joomla.org. Until this moment the world does not know the word Joomla!. Here is a screenshot of Google search results on the eve of launching the project:

Joomla 5 years later

Today Joomla is one of the most popular content management system in the world.

Approximately 2.5% of sites built on Joomla. Joomla is used by such major companies as Apple, McDonald’s, United Nations, as well as millions of users for their companies, hobbies and charity.

As we have achieved such results, after such humble beginnings? Thanks You.

Joomla is 100% owned and controlled by their community.

In Joomla there is no venture capital behind him. In Joomla there is no management company, not shareholders, not investors. In Joomla there is no CEO, no dictator, and no owner. Do you have Joomla.

  • You – It’s 20 members of the original team that created the Joomla.
  • You – It’s tens of millions of users who have downloaded and installed Joomla.
  • You – A 2334 developer, who created more than 5500 Extensions for Joomla.
  • You – Is a web-masters, who use Joomla to create a great sites.
  • You – It’s the designers who create impressive and advanced templates.
  • You – It is the developers who are engaged in designing and supporting the core code Joomla.
  • You – It’s 2348 users who reported bugs and suggested ways to address and patches.
  • You – Are volunteers involved in supporting a site joomla.org.
  • You – Is volunteers that contribute to Joomla answers to questions in the Joomla! on the official forums, as well as in regional groups and forums.
  • You – A participating Joomla! Community Magazine.
  • You – A Working group participants Joomla (Joomla Working Groups) and members of the Open Source Matters.
  • You – It’s sponsors Development and CommunityAs well as those who provide financial aid project.
  • You – A participating Teams localizationWho translated Joomla more than 64 languages.
  • You – Hundreds of thousands of companies have achieved success using Joomla.
  • You – Thousands of users who are actively involved in 277 registered user groups (Joomla! User Groups) and conference participants Joomla! Day around the world.

Thank you for 5 wonderful years!

Together we can develop great software product and a big friendly community for many years.

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