SkyWin history - the evolution of SkyWin
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1992 | The first version of SkyWin®'s predecessor, called Member, was developed using Clipper and DBase IV. It was primarily developed in order to keep all members in a database instead of re-writing the member list on a typewriter every year.
The features of Member included member administration and some reports for the printer. That was it. |
| 1993 | When Microsoft released Visual Basic 3 during this year we re-wrote all Clipper-code to VB3 and simultaneously added functionality to handle payments and membership (licenses).
Still only one user. |
| 1994 | For the first time the program was used for administrating jumps during Bermuda Boogie, which was a joint venture between three clubs in Sweden. A lot of bugs were discovered and development took place during night time and a new version was deployed each morning. |
| 1995 | The first copy of SkyWin® was sold. SkyWin® was registered as a trademark. |
| 1996 | ADB-Ekonomi was started and SkyWin® was included in the company's line of business. |
| 1998 | With the release of Visual Basic 6 a great deal of time was spent to re-write the program. |
| 2001 | SkyWin® was completed for the Swedish customers. A long list of features to develop remained. |
| 2002 | Hercules Boogie used SkyWin® for the first time. IBM's DB2 was used in a network installation of SkyWin® which served 7 clients.
A lot of development was made in order to make SkyWin® work in a network and for the first time with a database other than Microsoft's Access. |
| 2003 | SkyWin® was changed in order to handle Microsoft's SQLServer. |
| 2004 | Hercules Boogie 2004 used SkyWin® again, also this time IBM's DB2 was used. |
| 2006 | ADB-Ekonomi ended it's operation and the development of SkyWin® stopped. Plans for selling the source code started to grow, but no effort was made to actualize them. |
| 2007 | Customers outside Sweden started to make contact wanting to buy SkyWin®. Two copies were sold. |
| 2008 | SkyWin® was changed in order to handle MySQL.
A new fresh start for the completion of SkyWin® has taken form and the company SkyWinner KB was established. The road map for future development of SkyWin® was completed and the development has been resumed. Be a SkyWinner :-) |
| 2009 | SkyWin® took another step against internationalization by handling all date- and time formats. |
| 2010 | SkyWin® was changed in order to handle MS SQL Server 2008.
SkyWin® took another step towards fame by creating its own Facebook page. |
| 2011 | SkyWin® introduced the possibility for skydivers to climate compensate for their jumps. |
| 2012 | The license model that has been unchanged since the start was altered in order for the price to better reflect the use of SkyWin®. |
| 2013 | A new web service layer was introduced, giving users the possibility to get information out of SkyWin® in a controlled way. |
| 2017 | We removed the support for database IBM DB2. |
| 2021 | A new web based component SkyWin® One was introduced, which will replace the legacy SkyWin®-component (Windows only).
We removed the support for database Microsoft SQLServer. |
| 2022 | The price model for SkyWin licenses was altered (removed parameter Number of computers). |
| 2023 | Support for Mass- and Balance calculation through external service was introduced. |
| 2024 | We removed the support for database Microsoft Access. |
