History
The evolution of SkyWin® and SkyWinOne since 1992.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1992 | The first version of SkyWin®'s predecessor, called Member, was developed using Clipper and DBase IV. It was primarily developed to keep all members in a database instead of re-writing the member list on a typewriter every year.
Features included member administration and basic printer reports. |
| 1993 | When Microsoft released Visual Basic 3 all Clipper code was rewritten to VB3, and functionality to handle payments and membership (licenses) was added. Still single-user only. |
| 1994 | For the first time the program was used to administer jumps during Bermuda Boogie — a joint venture between three clubs in Sweden. Many bugs were discovered and a new version was deployed each morning after overnight development. |
| 1995 | The first copy of SkyWin® was sold. SkyWin® was registered as a trademark. |
| 1996 | ADB-Ekonomi was founded and SkyWin® became part of the company's line of business. |
| 1998 | The release of Visual Basic 6 prompted a major rewrite of the program. |
| 2001 | SkyWin® reached feature completeness for Swedish customers, with a long list of further improvements still ahead. |
| 2002 | Hercules Boogie used SkyWin® for the first time. IBM DB2 was used in a network installation serving 7 clients — the first time SkyWin® ran networked and on a database other than Microsoft Access. |
| 2003 | SkyWin® was updated to support Microsoft SQL Server. |
| 2004 | Hercules Boogie 2004 used SkyWin® again, once more with IBM DB2. |
| 2006 | ADB-Ekonomi ended operations and development of SkyWin® paused. Plans for selling the source code were considered but not pursued. |
| 2007 | Customers outside Sweden started making contact. Two copies were sold internationally. |
| 2008 | SkyWin® gained MySQL support. The company SkyWinner KB was established, a road map for future development was completed, and work resumed in earnest.
Be a SkyWinner :-) |
| 2009 | SkyWin® took another step toward internationalization with full date- and time-format handling. |
| 2010 | Support for MS SQL Server 2008 was added. SkyWin® launched its own Facebook page. |
| 2011 | SkyWin® introduced the possibility for skydivers to climate compensate for their jumps. |
| 2012 | The license model was revised so that pricing better reflects actual use of SkyWin®. |
| 2013 | A new web service layer was introduced, giving users a controlled way to extract data from SkyWin®. |
| 2017 | Support for IBM DB2 was removed. |
| 2021 | The new web-based component SkyWinOne was introduced — designed to replace the legacy Windows-only component.
Support for Microsoft SQL Server was removed. |
| 2022 | The license price model was updated: the Number of computers parameter was removed. |
| 2023 | Support for Mass- and Balance calculation through an external service was introduced. |
| 2024 | Support for Microsoft Access was removed. |
| 2025 | Company SkyWinner KB (SE969735090901) was succeeded by SkyWinner AB with VAT no SE559527013201. |
| 2026 | he long awaited Manifest is finally here, we can now start the transition from legacy SkyWin® to using only SkyWinOne. |