Wietse Venema via Postfix-users wrote in <4srxyy1hslzj...@spike.porcupine.org>: |As a few on this list may recall, it is 25 years ago today that the |"IBM secure mailer" had its public beta release. This was accompanied |by a nice article in the New York Times business section. | |There is some literature at https://www.postfix.org/press.html that |attests how this project accelerated open-source adoption by a very |large company. | |At the time there were several efforts by people inside IBM to do |open-source projects, but it was the NY Times article that brought |open source on the radar of the CEO. He then tasked people to come |up with an open-source strategy for IBM. | |As for the name Postfix, my colleagues and I had come up with |multiple names that were rejected each time (I still have some |Internet domains names from that time). We decided that this was |not going to work, released it as "IBM secure mailer", and then, |after IBM was no longer in control, changed the name to Postfix. | |That was a long time ago. Postfix has evolved as the Internet has |changed. I am continuing the overhaul of this software, motivated |by people like you on this mailing list.
Thank you very much for your effort! --steffen | |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off |(By Robert Gernhardt) | | Only in December: lightful Dubai COP28 Narendra Modi quote: | A small part of humanity has ruthlessly exploited nature. | But the entire humanity is bearing the cost of it, | especially the inhabitants of the Global South. | The selfishness of a few will lead the world into darkness, | not just for themselves but for the entire world. | [Christians might think of Revelation 11:18 | The nations were angry, and your wrath has come[.] | [.]for destroying those who destroy the earth. | But i find the above more kind, and much friendlier] _______________________________________________ Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org
