<s>
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
web	O
desktop	O
following	O
the	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
concept	O
that	O
seeks	O
to	O
enable	O
collaboration	O
and	O
communication	O
among	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
mainly	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
private-cloud	O
application	O
platform	O
with	O
a	O
web-based	B-Application
desktop	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commonly	O
called	O
a	O
cloud	O
desktop	O
because	O
of	O
its	O
unique	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
delivers	O
a	O
whole	O
desktop	O
from	O
the	O
cloud	O
with	O
file	O
management	O
,	O
personal	O
management	O
information	O
tools	O
,	O
collaborative	O
tools	O
and	O
with	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
the	O
client	O
’s	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
publicly	O
available	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
1	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
as	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
0.6.0	O
in	O
Olesa	O
de	O
Montserrat	O
,	O
Barcelona	O
(	O
Spain	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
two	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
the	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
Team	O
published	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
1.0	O
(	O
on	O
June	O
4	O
,	O
2007	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
with	O
previous	O
versions	O
,	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
1.0	O
introduced	O
a	O
complete	O
reorganization	O
of	O
the	O
code	O
and	O
some	O
new	O
web	O
technologies	O
,	O
like	O
eyeSoft	O
,	O
a	O
portage-based	O
web	O
software	O
installation	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moreover	O
,	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
also	O
included	O
the	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
Toolkit	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
libraries	O
allowing	O
easy	O
and	O
fast	O
development	O
of	O
new	O
web	B-Application
Applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
1.1	O
on	O
July	O
2	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
changed	O
its	O
license	O
and	O
migrated	O
from	O
GNU	O
GPL	O
Version	O
2	O
to	O
Version	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.2	O
was	O
released	O
just	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
1.1	O
version	O
and	O
integrated	O
full	O
compatibility	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
1.5	O
Gala	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
15	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
support	O
both	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
and	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
file	O
formats	O
for	O
documents	O
,	O
presentations	O
and	O
spreadsheets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
1.6	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
25	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
included	O
many	O
improvements	O
such	O
as	O
synchronization	O
with	O
local	O
computers	O
,	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
,	O
a	O
mobile	O
version	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
1.8	O
Lars	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
7	O
,	O
2009	O
and	O
featured	O
a	O
completely	O
rewritten	O
file	O
manager	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
sound	O
API	B-Application
to	O
develop	O
media	O
rich	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
13	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
1.8.6	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
an	O
interface	O
for	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
eyeMail	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
POP3	B-Protocol
and	O
IMAP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
1.9	O
was	O
released	O
December	O
29	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
new	O
product	O
was	O
dubbed	O
EyeOS	B-General_Concept
2.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
a	O
small	O
group	O
of	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
developers	O
still	O
maintain	O
the	O
code	O
within	O
the	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
forum	O
,	O
where	O
support	O
is	O
provided	O
but	O
the	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
group	O
itself	O
has	O
stopped	O
active	O
1.x	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Active	O
development	O
halted	O
on	O
1.x	O
as	O
of	O
February	O
3	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
2.0	O
release	O
took	O
place	O
on	O
March	O
3	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2.x	O
stable	O
is	O
the	O
new	O
series	O
of	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
which	O
is	O
in	O
active	O
development	O
and	O
will	O
replace	O
1.x	O
as	O
stable	O
in	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
live	O
collaboration	O
and	O
many	O
more	O
social	O
capabilities	O
than	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
1.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EyeOS	B-General_Concept
released	O
2.2.0.0	O
on	O
July	O
28	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
14	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
a	O
working	O
group	O
inside	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
opensource	O
development	O
community	O
began	O
the	O
structure	O
development	O
and	O
further	O
upgrade	O
of	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
1.9.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
's	O
main	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
continue	O
the	O
work	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
has	O
stopped	O
on	O
1.9.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EyeOS	B-General_Concept
released	O
2.5	O
on	O
May	O
17	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
SourceForge	B-Application
for	O
download	O
under	O
another	O
project	O
called	O
2.5	O
OpenSource	O
Version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
1	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Telefónica	O
announced	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
this	O
acquisition	O
reinforces	O
its	O
future	O
mobile	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
plans	O
and	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
free	O
software	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
will	O
maintain	O
its	O
headquarters	O
in	O
the	O
Catalan	O
city	O
,	O
where	O
their	O
staff	O
will	O
continue	O
to	O
work	O
but	O
will	O
now	O
form	O
part	O
of	O
Telefónica	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
its	O
integration	O
into	O
Telefónica	O
,	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
will	O
continue	O
to	O
function	O
as	O
an	O
independent	O
subsidiary	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
its	O
current	O
CEO	O
Michel	O
Kisfaludi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
developers	O
,	O
Eye	B-General_Concept
OS	I-General_Concept
provides	O
the	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
Toolkit	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
libraries	O
and	O
functions	O
to	O
develop	O
applications	O
for	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
the	O
integrated	O
Portage-based	O
eyeSoft	O
system	O
,	O
one	O
can	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
repository	O
for	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
and	O
distribute	O
applications	O
through	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
core	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
desktop	O
is	O
its	O
own	O
application	O
,	O
using	O
JavaScript	B-Language
to	O
send	O
server	O
commands	O
as	O
the	O
user	O
interacts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
actions	O
are	O
performed	O
using	O
AJAX	B-Device
(	O
such	O
as	O
launching	O
an	O
application	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
sends	O
event	O
information	O
to	O
the	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server	O
then	O
sends	O
back	O
tasks	O
for	O
the	O
client	O
to	O
do	O
in	O
XML	B-Protocol
format	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
drawing	O
a	O
widget	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
server	O
,	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
uses	O
XML	B-Protocol
files	O
to	O
store	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
avoid	O
bottlenecks	O
that	O
flat	O
files	O
present	O
,	O
each	O
user	O
's	O
information	O
and	O
settings	O
are	O
stored	O
in	O
different	O
files	O
,	O
preventing	O
resource	B-Operating_System
starvation	I-Operating_System
from	O
occurring	O
;	O
Though	O
this	O
in	O
turn	O
may	O
create	O
issues	O
in	O
high	O
volume	O
user	O
environments	O
due	O
to	O
host	O
operating	O
system	O
open	O
file	O
descriptor	O
limits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Professional	O
Edition	O
of	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
was	O
launched	O
on	O
September	O
15	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
as	O
an	O
operating	O
system	O
for	O
businesses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
suite	O
of	O
Web	B-Application
Apps	I-Application
(	O
A	O
mail	O
client	O
,	O
calendar	O
,	O
instant	O
messaging	O
and	O
collaboration	O
tools	O
)	O
was	O
also	O
introduced	O
,	O
specific	O
to	O
the	O
enterprise	O
edition	O
for	O
the	O
web	O
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
Professional	O
Edition	O
1.1	O
,	O
a	O
to-do	O
task	O
manager	O
tool	O
,	O
Citrix	O
XenApp	O
integration	O
and	O
a	O
Facebook	B-Application
like	O
'	O
wall	O
 '	O
for	O
collaboration	O
were	O
introduced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2007	O
–	O
Finalist	O
at	O
the	O
SourceForge	B-Application
's	O
2007	O
Community	O
Choice	O
Awards	O
at	O
the	O
"	O
Best	O
Project	O
"	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
winner	O
for	O
that	O
category	O
was	O
7-Zip	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
2007	O
–	O
Won	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
2008	O
–	O
Finalist	O
for	O
the	O
Webware	B-Application
100	O
awards	O
by	O
CNET	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
"	O
Browsing	O
"	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2008	O
–	O
Finalist	O
at	O
the	O
SourceForge	B-Application
's	O
2008	O
Community	O
Choice	O
Awards	O
at	O
the	O
"	O
Most	O
Likely	O
to	O
Change	O
the	O
World	O
"	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2009	O
–	O
Selected	O
Project	O
of	O
the	O
Month	O
(	O
August	O
2009	O
)	O
by	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
community	O
is	O
formed	O
with	O
the	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
forums	O
,	O
which	O
arrived	O
at	O
10.000	O
members	O
at	O
April	O
4	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
wiki	O
and	O
the	O
eyeOS	B-General_Concept
Application	O
Communities	O
,	O
available	O
at	O
eyeOS-Apps	O
website	O
hosted	O
and	O
provided	O
by	O
openDesktop.org	B-Language
as	O
well	O
as	O
Softpedia	O
.	O
</s>
