<s>
Armstrong	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
abandonware	O
open	O
source	O
news	O
publishing	O
platform	O
jointly	O
developed	O
by	O
nonprofit	O
online	O
news	O
organizations	O
The	O
Texas	O
Tribune	O
and	O
The	O
Bay	O
Citizen	O
with	O
the	O
assistance	O
of	O
a	O
grant	O
by	O
the	O
Knight	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
grant	O
for	O
Armstrong	B-Protocol
's	O
development	O
expired	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
2017	O
the	O
software	O
's	O
homepage	O
had	O
not	O
been	O
updated	O
since	O
2014	O
;	O
the	O
website	O
was	O
parked	B-Protocol
and	O
the	O
most	O
recent	O
commits	O
to	O
its	O
GitHub	B-Application
repository	O
had	O
been	O
made	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Armstrong	B-Protocol
was	O
designed	O
primarily	O
to	O
simplify	O
the	O
publishing	O
process	O
for	O
other	O
nonprofit	O
news	O
organizations	O
by	O
giving	O
them	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
a	O
CMS	O
specifically	O
created	O
for	O
news	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Higinio	O
Maycotte	O
,	O
CTO	O
of	O
The	O
Texas	O
Tribune	O
,	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
literally	O
hundreds	O
of	O
media	O
companies	O
around	O
the	O
globe	O
have	O
expressed	O
interest	O
in	O
moving	O
to	O
Armstrong.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
to	O
release	O
Armstrong	B-Protocol
as	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
CMS	O
was	O
fueled	O
by	O
a	O
$	O
975,000	O
grant	O
from	O
the	O
Knight	O
Foundation	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
devoted	O
to	O
media	O
innovation	O
,	O
to	O
The	O
Texas	O
Tribune	O
and	O
The	O
Bay	O
Citizen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Armstrong	B-Protocol
is	O
written	O
in	O
Django	B-Language
,	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
framework	O
for	O
web	O
applications	O
in	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
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