CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1: AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE EVOLUTION OF DNN

From Humble Beginnings. . .

The Dot-Com Era

IBuySpy Portal

ASP.NET

IBuySpy Portal Forum

IBuySpy Workshop

Subscription Fiasco

Microsoft

DotNetNuke

Licensing

Core Team

XXL Fork

Trademarks

Sponsorship

Enhancements

Security Flaw

DotNetNuke 2.0

DotNetNuke.com Website

Provider Model

Open Source Philosophy

Stabilization

Third-Party Components

Core Team Reorganization

Microsoft Membership API

“Breaking” Changes

Web Hosters

DotNetNuke 3.0

Release Schedule

DotNetNuke Projects

Intellectual Property

Marketing

Microsoft Hosting Program

Infrastructure

Branding

Tech Ed

Credibility

Trademark Policy

ASP.NET 2.0

Reorganization

Microsoft Conferences

DotNetNuke 4.0

Slashdotted

Benefactor Program

Opportunists

Yin and Yang

A New Company

Larry Augustin

Performance

DotNetNuke Marketplace

Free Module Promotion

Conferences

Microsoft Valuable Professionals

Fundraising

Awards and Accolades

DotNetNuke OpenForce 07

SLA Program

More Fundraising

CodePlex

Security Issues

IP Disputes

Term Sheets

DotNetNuke OpenForce 08

DotNetNuke Professional

Series A Announcement

Physical Offices

DotNetNuke 5.0

Day of DotNetNuke

DNN-Europe

Snowcovered Acquisition

Telerik Partnership

Series B

Open-DocumentLibrary Acquisition

DotNetNuke Enterprise Edition

POET Vulnerability

DotNetNuke.com Overhaul

Active Modules Acquisition

Nik Kalyani Leaves DNN Corp

Cloud. Mobile. Social.

DotNetNuke 6.0

DotNetNuke World 2011

DotNetNuke Gets Social

Microsoft Azure Partnership ...

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