05/21/2008

Funambol Inc. announced that it has launched a new open source forge as a central collaboration site for mobile open source developers around the world.

ebizQ received the following:

Funambol has been the leading advocate of open source software for the mobile industry for many years and has played a major role in fostering the worlds largest mobile open source community. Hosting a forge for mobile open source development is a natural for us, said Fabrizio Capobianco, CEO of Funambol. Proprietary software approaches cannot keep up with the rapid pace of change in the mobile industry. The Funambol Forge will further ensure that development efforts are accelerated to meet the demand of this market.

At the new Funambol Forge, developers and other community members can work on mobile projects, share technical tips, and download software and documentation. The new forge houses source and binary code for the open source Funambol Community Edition and many Funambol-based community projects. It incorporates a new Discussion Services area that provides both mailing lists and online forums, as well as a new online support forum for the myFUNAMBOL portal. It is also the access point for all of Funambol's community programs, such as the Code Sniper and Phone Sniper programs.

The new Funambol Forge is the result of the tremendous growth of the Funambol community, that has seen the number of Funambol downloads exceed two million, said Stefano Maffulli, new Funambol community manager. We wanted to respond to the needs of the largest global community of mobile developers by offering a place where they can collaborate, learn and contribute to innovative mobile software.