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developerWorks: The first ten years

September 1999: IBM developerWorks launches. Official press release
January 2000: Java, Linux and XML are the most popular zones.
March 2000: developerWorks Japan launches as the first developerWorks local site.
March 2000: developerWorks wins the Jolt Productivity Award from the editors of Software Developer magazine.
June 2000: Collaboration zone goes live.
July 2000: developerWorks Korea and developerWorks China launch.
August 2000: Visual Age Developer Domain becomes WebSphere Developer Domain.
February 2001: DB2 Developer Domain launches.
March 2001: developerWorks wins the John Caples Award for Direct Marketing.
June 2001: WebSphere Technical Journal publishes its first issue.
August 2001: eServer Developer Domain launches.
September 2001: Software Evaluation Kit for Linux is available.
March 2002: The Web services zone is voted tops in the first annual Reader's Choice Awards by the readers of Web Services Journal.
April 2002: Notes.net is redesigned and becomes Lotus Developer Domain.
May 2002: Robocode Rumble launches.
May 2002: Beta Tivoli Developer Domain launches at developerWorks Live! conference.
July 2002: Speed start your Linux App and Speed Start Web Services App are top programs.
March 2003: Rational Software joins developerWorks.
April 2003: developerWorks adds Grid and Autonomic computing zones. developerWorks toolbox subscription is available to users.
June 2003: WebSphere Developer Domain, DB2 Developer Domain, and Lotus Developer Domain merge with developerWorks to become the DB2 zone (now Information Management), WebSphere zone, and Lotus zone.
December 2003: developerWorks officially launches the "supersite," pulling technical, open source, and IBM developer resources together into one site.
February 2004: developerWorks offers the Power Pack evaluation kits.
February 2004: Readers of Java Developer's Journal select IBM developerWorks as having the best Java training program.
April 2004: Launch of developerWorks blogs.
August 2004: Cloudscape and related resources are available on developerWorks.

September 2004: Readers of Software Development magazine choose developerWorks as "Best Developers' News Source".
February 2005: PHP project resources section launches.
May 2005: developerWorks wins the Jolt Award in the "Websites and Developer Networks" category for the fifth time.
July 2005: Download, try, or buy launches giving users access to product software.
September 2005: Readers of Software Development magazine pick developerWorks as the source of "Best Technical Support" in the development process.
October 2005: Architecture zone launches.
February 2006: developerWorks Russia launches.
February 2006: Launch of developerWorks podcasts.
April 2006: developerWorks receives a Gold award for its "massively successful" RSS feeds from MarketingSherpa.
April 2006: AIX and UNIX zone launches.
October 2006: Web development zone and Ajax Resource Center go live.
March 2007: developerWorks Exchange launches, letting users download, upload, and share code.
March 2007: developerWorks wins the Jolt Hall of Fame award.
March 2007: developerWorks spaces hit the airwaves.
August 2007: developerWorks debuts on the Apple iPhone.
April 2008: Rational Software Request for Enhancement (RFE) Community launches.
September 2008: developerWorks Russia ranks as the #1 developer site in Russia.
December 2008: developerWorks China reaches more than 800,000 unique visitors.
January 2009: developerWorks launches themes focused on Cloud computing, Green IT, and Smarter Planet.
March 2009: developerWorks reaches nearly 4 million unique visitors per month.
April 2009: developerWorks Brazil and developerWorks Vietnam debut to rave reviews.
April 2009: My developerWorks launches as the "World's Geekiest Social Network".
June 2009: developerWorks adds Spanish site.
July 2009: IBM university sites join the developerWorks network of resources.
August 2009: developerWorks partners with Amazon Web Services to offer IBM products in the cloud.