<s>
Hula	B-Protocol
was	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
mail	O
and	O
calendar	O
project	O
based	O
on	O
open	O
standards	O
announced	O
on	O
February	O
15	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
by	O
Novell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hula	B-Protocol
was	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
effort	O
sponsored	O
by	O
Novell	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Dave	O
Camp	O
and	O
Joe	O
Gasiorek	O
,	O
amongst	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hula	B-Protocol
was	O
derived	O
from	O
an	O
existing	O
product	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
software	O
house	O
,	O
called	O
NetMail	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
retained	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
architectural	O
features	O
of	O
that	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
important	O
components	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
mail	O
store	O
were	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
re-developed	O
to	O
integrate	O
new	O
functionality	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
search	O
)	O
and	O
new	O
features	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
calendaring	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
calendar	O
server	O
protocol	O
CalDAV	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hula	B-Protocol
aimed	O
to	O
expand	O
in	O
three	O
main	O
directions	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Novell	B-Language
Evolution	I-Language
released	O
with	O
Hula	B-Protocol
support	O
in	O
version	O
2.6	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
clients	O
were	O
expected	O
to	O
support	O
Hula	B-Protocol
closer	O
to	O
Hula	B-Protocol
's	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
30	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
The	O
Messaging	O
Architects	O
announced	O
an	O
agreement	O
to	O
acquire	O
NetMail	B-Protocol
and	O
take	O
over	O
leadership	O
of	O
the	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
Hula	B-Protocol
Project	I-Protocol
from	O
Novell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
late	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
Hula	B-Protocol
project	I-Protocol
website	O
has	O
been	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
it	O
disappeared	O
,	O
it	O
announced	O
the	O
transfer	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
move	O
of	O
Hula	B-Protocol
from	O
Novell	O
to	O
The	O
Messaging	O
Architects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
Hula	B-Protocol
unclear	O
to	O
many	O
,	O
a	O
software	B-Application
fork	I-Application
of	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
independent	O
Bongo	B-Protocol
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Activity	O
on	O
this	O
fork	B-Application
also	O
seems	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
abandoned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hula/Bongo	O
should	O
not	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
proprietary	O
mobile	O
phone	O
games	O
Bongo	B-Protocol
Thinks	O
,	O
Bongo	B-Protocol
Knows	O
,	O
and	O
Ask	O
Bongo	B-Protocol
,	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
rely	O
on	O
in-app	O
payments	O
and	O
SMS	O
text	O
messaging	O
.	O
</s>
