On the name: MindTouch vs. MindTouch Deki vs. MindTouch Deki Wiki

Overview

"MindTouch YYYY" is the name for the commercial version of MindTouch Deki. For example, "MindTouch 2009" is a commercial version that is derived from the open source Lyons release. MindTouch Deki refers to the API+UI

As MindTouch has evolved, our application has been gone through numerous name changes as well as the way we version each release. This document outlines the history of the name, and some justification. This document will go track the change in reverse chronological order.

March 2009: Bifurcation of commercial vs. open source in name

For the Lyons (9.02) release, the commercial version of MindTouch Deki simply became known as "MindTouch 2009." Open source versions will continue to utilize the "MindTouch Deki" name for the immediate future. 

2008: "MindTouch Deki Wiki" becomes "MindTouch Deki"

In an effort to further highlight the underlying architecture of the MindTouch Deki Wiki platform and its capabilities in mashing up data at a non-UI level, the "wiki" component of the product was dropped.  "MindTouch Deki Wiki" simply became known as "MindTouch Deki."

2007: Hardware appliance becomes "MindTouch Deki Wiki"

MindTouch originally created a hardware appliance: at various points of its existence, it was called "MKS" (MindTouch Knowledge Server), "MOSS", and DekiBox. After the hardware idea was dropped, the software component was called "MindTouch Deki Wiki."