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Ken Iverson died in 2004, leaving Eric, Hui, and Burke as owners of Jsoftware. In 2009, Hui joined [[Dyalog Ltd.]], reducing his involvement in J development. J was made open source in March 2011.<ref>[[Eric Iverson|Iverson, Eric]]. [http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2011-March/022121.html "J Source GPL"]. 2011-03-02.</ref> | Ken Iverson died in 2004, leaving Eric, Hui, and Burke as owners of Jsoftware. In 2009, Hui joined [[Dyalog Ltd.]], reducing his involvement in J development. J was made open source in March 2011.<ref>[[Eric Iverson|Iverson, Eric]]. [http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2011-March/022121.html "J Source GPL"]. 2011-03-02.</ref> | ||
In 2012 [[Marshall Lochbaum]], then a summer intern at [[wikipedia:Thomasnet|ThomasNet]], began work on a modification of [[Chris Burke]]'s JDB database management system to add more powerful features such as joins. [[Eric Iverson]] soon joined the project and Jsoftware negotiated with ThomasNet to obtain copyright ownership. JD, or JDB+, was announced on July 23, 2012 at the Jsoftware conference.<ref>[[Eric Iverson|Iverson, Eric]]. "JD (JDB+) announcement". [https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Community/Conference2012 Jsoftware Conference 2012]. 2012-07-23.</ref> Now called Jd, it is maintained and sold by Jsoftware.<ref>Jsoftware. [https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Jd/Index "Jd/Index"].</ref> | In 2012 [[Marshall Lochbaum]], then a summer intern at [[wikipedia:Thomasnet|ThomasNet]], began work on a modification of [[Chris Burke]]'s JDB database management system to add more powerful features such as joins. [[Eric Iverson]] soon joined the project and Jsoftware negotiated with ThomasNet to obtain copyright ownership. JD, or JDB+, was announced on July 23, 2012 at the Jsoftware conference.<ref>[[Eric Iverson|Iverson, Eric]]. "JD (JDB+) announcement". [https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Community/Conference2012 Jsoftware Conference 2012]. 2012-07-23.</ref> Now called Jd, it is maintained and sold by Jsoftware.<ref>Jsoftware. [https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Jd/Index "Jd/Index"].</ref> | ||
Henry Rich, a long-time APL and J user, began work with Jsoftware on the J implementation in 2016. Version [https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/System/ReleaseNotes/J805 J805], released December 19, 2016, is the first to feature his work.<ref>[[Eric Iverson|Iverson, Eric]]. [http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2016-August/045630.html "j805-beta-11 release candidates"]. 2016-08-23.</ref> | Henry Rich, a long-time APL and J user, began work with Jsoftware on the J implementation in 2016. Version [https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/System/ReleaseNotes/J805 J805], released December 19, 2016, is the first to feature his work.<ref>[[Eric Iverson|Iverson, Eric]]. [http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2016-August/045630.html "j805-beta-11 release candidates"]. 2016-08-23.</ref> | ||
== Conferences == | |||
Jsoftware has held at least four programming conferences to date: | |||
* J2000, [[wikipedia:Toronto|Toronto]], October 4–6th 2000<ref>Faust, Anne. [http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/general/2000-August/003918.html J2000 User Conference]. J forums.</ref> | |||
* J2001, [[wikipedia:New York City|New York City]], October 18–19 2001<ref>Faust, Anne. [http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/general/2001-April/006197.html J 2001 User Conference]. J forums.</ref> | |||
* [https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Community/Conference2012 Jsoftware Conference 2012], Toronto, July 23–24th 2012 | |||
* [https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Community/Conference2014 Jsoftware Conference 2014], Toronto, July 24–25th 2014 | |||
== References == | == References == | ||