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Other Topics => Development => Architecture => : karryforpool June 13, 2008, 03:39:09 PM

: Is OpenGoo completely developed in PHP or Java.
: karryforpool June 13, 2008, 03:39:09 PM

I saw ""Current work is being done in Java/JEE, due mainly to the background of the development team" on the website however it looks like the current code is completely in PHP, can anyone give a rough estimate on when will the first release in JAVA would be available.

: Re: Is OpenGoo completely developed in PHP or Java.
: conrado June 16, 2008, 11:19:46 PM

That statement is outdated and confusing indeed.

After some initial tests done in Java, we decided to go the PHP way.

Main reasons why we used PHP:

• Lighter on the server: you can run OpenGoo on the cheapest hosting servers (6 US$/month)
• Popular in the Open Source community: Most Open Source projects we admire are done in PHP, and many developers know PHP, and we want the community to contribute
• Many OpSource projects to hack into OGoo: the old ActiveCollab, FCKEditor, Trimspreadsheets (while it lasted),

There is a great -kind of Open Source- product done in Java: Zimbra (http://www.zimbra.com/). It has many of the features OpenGoo offers. Maybe that's the right product for you?

We estimate that, on the future, there might be some plug-ins that could need a JVM (we might use OpenOffice.org as a server for converting different document formats). But for now, we want to keep OpenGoo small, and agile.