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==Product history== | ==Product history== | ||
The Bug Genie was first called "Bugs - The Bug Genie" or simply BUGS. It was originally developed by Daniel A. Eikeland and Ray Jensen of Zegenie Studios, a small open-source software development company in Norway.<ref name="TBGRuffAcq">{{cite web |url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/03/prweb221410.htm |title=Ruffdogs Acquires BUGS |publisher=PRWeb |date=23 March 2005 |accessdate=28 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="TBGZegenieArch">{{cite web |url=http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ |title=Zegenie Studios |publisher=Zegenie Studios |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20040408005431/http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ |archivedate=08 April 2004 |date=08 April 2004 |accessdate=28 October 2012}}</ref> On September 5, 2003, a SourceForge project was started for the software<ref name="TBGSFHome">{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugs-bug-genie/ |title=The Bug Genie |publisher=SourceForge |accessdate=28 October 2012}}</ref>, with its first release arriving as version 1.0 a few weeks later.<ref name="TBG1x" /> Zegenie Studios increased the web presence of the software when on November 15 it launched its website for the product.<ref name="TBGZegenieArch" /> Development steadily continued on the software until shortly after the March 23, 2005 announcement Ruffdogs — a North American-based Linux system strategy, support, and training company — had acquired the software from Zenegie.<ref name="TBGRuffAcq" /> A release candidate for version 1.7 was released 12 days later<ref name="TBG1x" />, | The Bug Genie was first called "Bugs - The Bug Genie" or simply BUGS. It was originally developed by Daniel A. Eikeland and Ray Jensen of Zegenie Studios, a small open-source software development company in Norway.<ref name="TBGRuffAcq">{{cite web |url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/03/prweb221410.htm |title=Ruffdogs Acquires BUGS |publisher=PRWeb |date=23 March 2005 |accessdate=28 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="TBGZegenieArch">{{cite web |url=http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ |title=Zegenie Studios |publisher=Zegenie Studios |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20040408005431/http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ |archivedate=08 April 2004 |date=08 April 2004 |accessdate=28 October 2012}}</ref> On September 5, 2003, a SourceForge project was started for the software<ref name="TBGSFHome">{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugs-bug-genie/ |title=The Bug Genie |publisher=SourceForge |accessdate=28 October 2012}}</ref>, with its first release arriving as version 1.0 a few weeks later.<ref name="TBG1x" /> Zegenie Studios increased the web presence of the software when on November 15 it launched its website for the product.<ref name="TBGZegenieArch" /> Development steadily continued on the software until shortly after the March 23, 2005 announcement Ruffdogs — a North American-based Linux system strategy, support, and training company — had acquired the software from Zenegie.<ref name="TBGRuffAcq" /> A release candidate for version 1.7 was released 12 days later<ref name="TBG1x" />. | ||
Ruffdogs released one update for BUGS on SourceForge — 1.7.2 on July 9, 2006<ref name="TBG1x" /> — before being bought by business development company Holonyx, Inc. on March 1, 2007.<ref name="TBGHoloAcq">{{cite web |url=http://holonyx.com/NCBR_press_release.html |title=Ruffdogs joins consultants in Holonyx kennel |author=Bastian, Kristen |publisher=Holonyx, Inc |date=30 March 2007 |accessdate=28 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="TBGHoloContribs">{{cite web |url=http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=37294.0 |title=Ruffdogs-Holonyx |author=Acott, Garret |publisher=Simple Machines |date=16 June 2007 |accessdate=28 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="TBGHoloUbuntu">{{cite web |url=http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-650941.html |title=Why I release software under the GPL |author=Acott, Garret |publisher=Ubuntu Forums |date=27 December 2007 |accessdate=28 October 2012}}</ref> | |||
==Features== | ==Features== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* | * [https://github.com/thebuggenie The Bug Genie on GitHub] | ||
* | * [http://issues.thebuggenie.com/wiki/TheBugGenie:MainPage The Bug Genie documentation] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 22:12, 28 October 2012
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| Original author(s) | Daniel A. Eikeland and Ray Jensen |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | The Bug Genie team |
| Initial release | September 23, 2003[1] |
| Stable release |
4.3.1 (March 25, 2019) [±] |
| Preview release | none [±] |
| Written in | PHP, JavaScript |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | English, French, German, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish |
| Type |
Bug tracking software Ticket tracking software |
| License(s) | Mozilla Public License v1.1 |
| Website | thebuggenie.com |
The Bug Genie is free open-source, general-purpose bug tracking and project management software.
Product history
The Bug Genie was first called "Bugs - The Bug Genie" or simply BUGS. It was originally developed by Daniel A. Eikeland and Ray Jensen of Zegenie Studios, a small open-source software development company in Norway.[2][3] On September 5, 2003, a SourceForge project was started for the software[4], with its first release arriving as version 1.0 a few weeks later.[1] Zegenie Studios increased the web presence of the software when on November 15 it launched its website for the product.[3] Development steadily continued on the software until shortly after the March 23, 2005 announcement Ruffdogs — a North American-based Linux system strategy, support, and training company — had acquired the software from Zenegie.[2] A release candidate for version 1.7 was released 12 days later[1].
Ruffdogs released one update for BUGS on SourceForge — 1.7.2 on July 9, 2006[1] — before being bought by business development company Holonyx, Inc. on March 1, 2007.[5][6][7]
Features
The primary features of The Bug Genie include:
Hardware/software requirements
Videos, screenshots, and other media
Entities using The Bug Genie
Further reading
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "The Bug Genie Home / Archive / 1.x". SourceForge. http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugs-bug-genie/files/Archive/1.x/. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ruffdogs Acquires BUGS". PRWeb. 23 March 2005. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/03/prweb221410.htm. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Zegenie Studios". Zegenie Studios. 8 April 2004. Archived from the original on 08 April 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040408005431/http://www.zegeniestudios.net/. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ↑ "The Bug Genie". SourceForge. http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugs-bug-genie/. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ↑ Bastian, Kristen (30 March 2007). "Ruffdogs joins consultants in Holonyx kennel". Holonyx, Inc. http://holonyx.com/NCBR_press_release.html. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ↑ Acott, Garret (16 June 2007). "Ruffdogs-Holonyx". Simple Machines. http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=37294.0. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ↑ Acott, Garret (27 December 2007). "Why I release software under the GPL". Ubuntu Forums. http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-650941.html. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
