Timeline of Consumerium

2000

Initial idea of Consumerium forms in Juxo's mind inspired by information on Bluetooth

2002

Kalle Toivonen of http://korpikuu.fi sponsors the domain name and hosting after meeting Juxo and hearing his raves about the future of retail

26.4. First description of Consumerium in Finnish released, unluckily it was built with proprietary tools so it didn't get updated at all.

English version of the materials released.

2003

January. Juxo gets an internet connection :)

Finnish version scrapped. Too much hassle.

10.3. Consumerium gets Wikified and GFDL'd (see: old articles for most of the original articles copied from the old site.)

15.3. First GPL'd DTDs released

15.3. Added monopoly to features

16.3. Started researching in Wikipedia to benefit all.

5.6. The First Ever Bluetooth Barcode Scanner (Baracoda Pencil) added to Hardware Requirements

6.6. Track record of Charitable contributions or Social services added to section Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility of Features

6.6. Added distinction between functional packaging and decorative packaging to section Indicators of Environmental Friendliness of Features

6.6. Added Bluetooth keyboards to the optional requirements subsection of the Store's hardware requirements section of Hardware Requirements

8.6. Preparations for getting registered in Sourceforge get underway.

12.6. Added Product substitution to Other features section of Features.

15.6. Added Consumerium to the InterWiki map from MeatballWiki

19.6. Added Inter-shop navigation to section other features of Features