Nooku, experienced software architects
Nooku is a team of experienced software architects, lead by Johan Janssens, Lead Architect of Joomla 1.5.
Nooku wouldn't have been possible without the support of a number of businesses, governmental agencies and non-profit organizations. By funding the development of Nooku, these partners have played a key role in the growth of this Open Source project.
The Nooku story germinated from a seed of an idea created during a conversation between Joomla 1.5 Lead Architect Johan Janssens, and some high profile Joomla users. It was 2007, and Joomla 1.5 was a great step up from the previous versions. But for the United Nations, the Belgian Police, and a number of companies, Joomla was missing enterprise-level multilingual features.
The ideas for the development model grew from there. The combined efforts of our partners allowed us to build innovative Open Source technology: First Nooku Content, for multilingual management, and later Nooku Framework, a new brain for Joomla, and the logical next step after the Joomla 1.5 framework.
Gradually the group of partners grew to the impressive amount it is today. We can not express how thankful we are for their trust. From the first participants to latest newcomers, each of these partners have played a role. Not only have they contributed to build our project; they embody the philosophy of Joomla and Open Source: to choose collaboration over competition, to choose innovation over commerce, and to contribute to the benefit of the whole community.