!! A History of [LDAP] [1]
[LDAP] was co-developed by [Tim Howes] of the University of Michigan, [Steve Kille] of [Isode Limited], and [Wengyik Yeong|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wengyik_Yeong|target='_blank'] of Performance Systems International, in 1993.
Below is a [History] of [LDAP] and some other [Information Technology] notes.
Feel free to add to this list or post comments and references.
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|[1969|Year 1969]|First [ARPANET] node comes online; first [RFC] published.
|[1973|Year 1973]|[Ethernet] invented by Xerox PARC researchers.
|[1982|Year 1982]|TCP/IP replaces older Arpanet protocols on the [Internet].
|[1982|Year 1982]|First distributed computing research paper on Grapevine published by Xerox PARC researchers.
|[1984|Year 1984]|Internet [DNS] comes online.
|[1986|Year 1986]|[IETF] formally chartered.
|[1987|Year 1987]|[LattisNet]/[SynOptics Communications] shipped 10 megabits/sec data transfer rates over [Unshielded Twisted Pair], telephone wire
|[1998|Year 1998]|[ZOOMIT Corporation] was founded
|[1989|Year 1989]|[QUIPU] ([X.500] software package) released.
|[1989|Year 1989]|[PARADISE] project work began
|[1990|Year 1990]|Estimated number of [Internet] hosts exceeds 250,000.
|[1990|Year 1990]|[10BASE-T] ([IEEE 802.3]i was standardized
|[1990|Year 1990]|First version of the [X.500] standard published.
|[1991|Year 1991]|A team at CERN headed by [Tim Berners-Lee] releases the first [World Wide Web] software.
|[1992|Year 1992]|[University of Michigan] developers release the first [LDAP] software.
|[1993|Year 1993]|[NDS] debuts in [NetWare] 4.0.
|[1993|Year 1993]-07|[LDAP] was co-developed by [Tim Howes] of the University of Michigan, [Steve Kille] of [Isode Limited], and [Wengyik Yeong|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wengyik_Yeong|target='_blank'] of Performance Systems International, in [1993|Year 1993].
|[1995|Year 1995]-12|First standalone [LDAP] server ([SLAPD]) ships as part of U-M LDAP 3.2 release.
|[1996|Year 1996]-04|Consortium of more than 40 leading software vendors endorses [LDAP] as the [Internet] directory service [protocol] of choice.
|[1996|Year 1996]|[Netscape] Hires [Tim Howes], [Mark Smith], and [Gordon Good] from [University of Michigan]. [Tim Howes] serves as a directory server architect.
|[1997|Year 1997]-09|[Sun Microsystems] releases Sun Directory Services 1.0, derived from U-M [LDAP] 3.2
|[1997|Year 1997]-11|[LDAPv3] named the winner of the PC Magazine Award for Technical Excellence.
|[1997|Year 1997]-11|[LDAPv3] approved as a proposed [Internet Engineering Task Force] ([IETF]) [Standard].
|[1998|Year 1998]|The [OpenLDAP] Project was started by [Kurt Zeilenga]. The project started by cloning the [LDAP] reference source from the [University of Michigan].
|[1998|Year 1998]-01|[Netscape] ships the first commercial [LDAPv3] directory server.
|[1998|Year 1998]-03|[Innosoft International] acquires [Mark Wahl]’s [Critical Angle Inc] releases [LDAP] directory server product 4.1 one month later.
|[1998|Year 1998]-07|[Sun Microsystems] ships [Sun Microsystems] Directory Server 3.1, implementing [LDAPv3] standards
|[1998|Year 1998]-07|Estimated number of [Internet] hosts exceeds 36 million.
|[1999|Year 1999]|[Novell INC] release [EDirectory] on platforms other than [NetWare].
|[1999|Year 1999]|[AOL] acquires [Netscape] and forms the iPlanet Alliance with [Sun Microsystems].
|[1999|Year 1999]-03|[Innosoft International] team, led by [Mark Wahl], releases [Innosoft International] Distributed Directory Server 5.0
|[1999|Year 1999]|[Microsoft Active Directory] was previewed.
|[2000|Year 2000]-03|[Sun Microsystems] acquires [Innosoft International], merges [Innosoft International] directory code with iPlanet. This forms the foundation for the iPlanet Directory Access Router.
|[2000|Year 2000]|[Windows Server 2000], first release of [Microsoft Active Directory], was released to manufacturing on December 15, [1999|Year 1999]. Windows 2000 officially launched to retail on February 17, 2000.[3]
|[2000|Year 2000]-07|[DirXML] initial Release
|[2001|Year 2001]-03|The iPlanet Alliance ends and [Sun Microsystems] and [Netscape] fork the codebase.
|[2001|Year 2001]|[Ping Identity] was founded
|[2004|Year 2004]-03|[Apache Directory Server|Apache Directory Project] Top Level Project is formed after 1 year in incubation
|[2004|Year 2004]-03|RedHat Purchases [Netscape] Server products
|[2005|Year 2005]|[Sun Microsystems] initiates the [OpenDS] project. An [Open Source] directory server based on the [Java] platform.
|[2005|Year 2005]-05|[Red Hat] Releases [Fedora Directory Server]
|[2006|Year 2006]-10|[Apache Directory Project] Apache Directory 1.0 is released
|[2007|Year 2007]|[UnboundID] releases its directory server
|[2008|Year 2008]|[AOL] Stops Supporting Netscape Products
|[2009|Year 2009]-04|[Oracle] purchased [Sun Microsystems]
|[2009|Year 2009]-05|[Red Hat] changes the [Fedora Directory Server] to [389 Directory Server]
|[2010|Year 2010]-02-01|[ForgeRock] is founded
|[2010|Year 2010]-12|[ForgeRock] releases [OpenDJ]
|[2011|Year 2011]-12|[Oracle] releases [Oracle Unified Directory]
|[2011|Year 2011]|[Novell INC] acquisition was completed by [Attachmate Group] and [EDirectory] is now under the [NetIQ] brand.
|[2014-11-20|Year 2014]|[Micro Focus] completed its merger with the [Attachmate Group] of companies and [EDirectory] is now under the [Micro Focus] brand.
|[2016|Year 2016]|[UnboundID] was acquired by [Ping Identity]
|[2016-09-07|Year 2016]|[Micro Focus] announced its intent to merge with [Hewlett Packard Enterprise]’s software business segment.
|[2018-07-02|Year 2018]|[Micro Focus] announced it would would sell its [SUSE] business segment to EQT Partners for $2.535 billion
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[#1] - [http://idmdude.com/2012/04/13/the-most-complete-history-of-directory-services-you-will-ever-find/]
[#3] - [http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/1999/dec99/w2krtmpr.aspx] retrieved 2012-06-21