| Lycoris launches community portal |
Feb. 04, 2002
Redmond, WA -- (press release excerpt) -- Lycoris today launched a new community portal, www.lycoris.org. The site was created to meet the needs of the growing population using its flagship product, Lycoris Desktop/LX. Users can now find tutorials, editorials, forums, and the latest Lycoris news all in one place.
"It's like a new home. Users of Desktop/LX can exchange ideas and help us improve our product quickly and efficiently," said Jason Spisak, who serves on the Lycoris Board of Advisors. There's a forum for installation, one for multimedia, and even one for experienced Linux people to bring up important technical issues they discover while using Desktop/LX. "One of Linux's strengths has always been its virtual cities where people trade knowledge and help each other. Now Desktop/LX users have their very own subdivision," added Spisak.
The portal uses MyPHPNuke, an open source technology which is based on the PHP web scripting language. Lycoris chose MyPHPNuke because of it's strong open source community foundation and it's flexibility. The portal allows users to send private messages to each other, have their outside email accounts checked into a convienent, private web-mailbox, and have their own private event calendar. Additionally, users can see at a glance who is currently online and who has logged in recently. The site provides search capability for all of the posted news articles and other content so that users can quickly find the valuable piece of knowledge they need.
In keeping with the tradition of giving back to open source, Lycoris is donating the customized theme for www.lycoris.org back to the MyPHPNuke community.
"I believe in respecting those people who have helped us by opening their code. When we give back to the community, the possibility of our success actually becomes stronger because the community is where we get the basis for our products," said CTO and Founder, Joseph Cheek.
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