<s>
Tine	B-Protocol
2.0	I-Protocol
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
business	B-Application
software	I-Application
package	O
covering	O
the	O
software	O
categories	O
groupware	B-Application
and	O
Customer	O
Relationship	O
Management	O
(	O
CRM	O
)	O
,	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
agpl	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tine	B-Protocol
2.0	I-Protocol
is	O
platform	B-Operating_System
independent	I-Operating_System
and	O
implemented	O
as	O
a	O
service-oriented	O
architecture	O
(	O
SOA	O
)	O
consisting	O
of	O
two	O
major	O
parts	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server	B-Application
component	O
,	O
acting	O
as	O
the	O
master	O
data	O
source	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
and	O
uses	O
a	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
as	O
the	O
central	O
data	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
client	B-Protocol
component	O
,	O
acting	O
as	O
the	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
GUI	B-Application
)	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
JavaScript	B-Language
and	O
runs	O
in	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tine	B-Protocol
2.0	I-Protocol
wraps	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
API	B-General_Concept
's	I-General_Concept
around	O
the	O
software	B-Library
libraries	I-Library
ExtJS	B-Language
and	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
to	O
model	O
an	O
open	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
Rapid	O
Application	O
Development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Tine	B-Protocol
2.0	I-Protocol
emerged	O
from	O
development	O
of	O
Egroupware	B-Protocol
,	O
stemming	O
from	O
a	O
discussion	O
started	O
in	O
March	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
developers	O
of	O
Egroupware	B-Protocol
wished	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
code	O
and	O
the	O
technology	O
upon	O
which	O
Egroupware	B-Protocol
is	O
based	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
discussion	O
was	O
held	O
under	O
the	O
topic	O
eGroupWare	B-Protocol
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
primary	O
goal	O
of	O
development	O
was	O
the	O
creation	O
a	O
new	O
user	O
interface	O
for	O
Egroupware	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
concepts	O
for	O
eGroupWare	B-Protocol
2.0	O
got	O
more	O
detailed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
idea	O
was	O
still	O
to	O
provide	O
way	O
how	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
existing	O
code	O
base	O
of	O
Egroupware	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
end	O
,	O
some	O
developers	O
requested	O
that	O
this	O
development	O
should	O
not	O
be	O
named	O
eGroupWare	B-Protocol
2.0	O
anymore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
name	O
Tine	B-Protocol
2.0	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
first	O
letters	O
of	O
This	O
is	O
not	O
eGroupWare	B-Protocol
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
renaming	O
,	O
Tine	B-Protocol
2.0	I-Protocol
migrated	O
its	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
the	O
eGroupWare	B-Protocol
svn	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
goal	O
was	O
to	O
try	O
out	O
new	O
technologies	O
for	O
the	O
upcoming	O
eGroupWare	B-Protocol
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
demand	O
in	O
the	O
eGroupWare	B-Protocol
project	O
to	O
try	O
out	O
new	O
technologies	O
,	O
the	O
Tine	B-Protocol
2.0	I-Protocol
project	O
split	O
from	O
the	O
eGroupWare	B-Protocol
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Tine	B-Protocol
2.0	I-Protocol
was	O
finalist	O
of	O
the	O
SourceForge.net	O
Community	O
Choice	O
Awards	O
2008	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
best	O
new	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
than	O
150,000	O
people	O
voted	O
for	O
different	O
open-source	B-Application
projects	O
in	O
different	O
categories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
Tine	B-Protocol
2.0	I-Protocol
was	O
a	O
finalist	O
in	O
Les	O
Trophées	O
du	O
Libre	O
in	O
the	O
professional	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
