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New to Zulip. So is it sponsored by Dropbox now after acquisition of Zulip Inc.? On the bottom of the page, it reads: Tim Abbott is the lead developer of th
by devy 8y ago
New to Zulip. So is it sponsored by Dropbox now after acquisition of Zulip Inc.?
On the bottom of the page, it reads:
Tim Abbott is the lead developer of the Zulip open source
project. He previously was CTO of Ksplice and then Zulip
Inc. (before it was acquired by Dropbox).
- guessmyname 8y agoThe acquisition happened 5+ years ago. Here’s an Techcrunch article from Mar 17, 2014 [1]. [1] https://techcrunch.com/2014/03/17/dropbox-acquires-zulip-a-stealthy-workplace-chat-solution-still-in-private-beta/ https://techcrunch.com/2014/03/17/dropbox-acquires-zulip-a-s...
- nicholasjbs 8y agoAs far as I know Dropbox has no connection to Zulip now. Zulip was initially started as a company, which was acquired by Dropbox several years ago. Dropbox open sourced the code, and Tim (one of the Zulip cofounders) later left Dropbox to focus on running Zulip as an open source project.
- tabbott 8y agoYikes, we haven't updated my blog bio in a while. Fixed to remove the confusing reference to Dropbox (which no longer has any formal involvement in Zulip); http://zulipchat.com/history http://zulipchat.com/history has further context for anyone curious.