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'''Eazel''' was an American [[software]] company operating from 1999 to 2001 in [[Palo Alto]]<ref name="Linux in every lap">{{cite web | date=February 24, 2000 | title=Linux in every lap | first=Lydia | last=Lee | work=Salon | url=https://www.salon.com/2000/02/24/eazel/ | accessdate=March 8, 2019}}</ref> and then [[Mountain View, California]].<ref name="nf2001">{{Cite news | url = http://www.linux.com/archive/articles/9373 | first = JT | last = Smith | title = Nautilus 1.0 is out, you're all fired, have a nice day | publisher = [[Open Source Technology Group|NewsForge]] | date = March 14, 2001 | accessdate = September 26, 2007 | archive-date = March 15, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100315142458/http://www.linux.com/archive/articles/9373 | url-status = bot: unknown }}</ref> The company's flagship product is the [[Nautilus (file manager)|Nautilus]] [[file manager]] for the [[GNOME]] [[desktop environment]] on Linux, which was immediately adopted and maintained by the [[free software movement]]. As the core of Eazel's business model, it is an early example of [[cloud storage]] services in the form of personal file storage, transparently and portably stored on the Internet.
'''Eazel''' was an American [[software]] company operating from 1999 to 2001 in [[Palo Alto]]<ref name="Linux in every lap">{{cite web | date=February 24, 2000 | title=Linux in every lap | first=Lydia | last=Lee | work=Salon | url=https://www.salon.com/2000/02/24/eazel/ | accessdate=March 8, 2019}}</ref> and then [[Mountain View, California]].<ref name="nf2001">{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=JT |last2=Gasperson |first2=Tina |title=Nautilus 1.0 is out, you're all fired, have a nice day |url=https://www.linux.com/news/nautilus-10-out-youre-all-fired-have-nice-day/ |work=[[Linux.com]] |date=14 March 2001}}</ref> The company's flagship product is the [[Nautilus (file manager)|Nautilus]] [[file manager]] for the [[GNOME]] [[desktop environment]] on Linux, which was immediately adopted and maintained by the [[free software movement]]. As the core of Eazel's business model, it is an early example of [[cloud storage]] services in the form of personal file storage, transparently and portably stored on the Internet.


==History==
==History==
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In December 2000, Dell invested a "substantial stake" in Eazel<ref name="Eazel shows off Linux client"/> and committed to preloading Nautilus on its Linux-based desktop and laptop systems, while Eazel preannounced its core business services which were woven directly into the free Nautilus application. Described as the "network user experience", those services are the Software Catalog to aid users in locating and installing applications, and Eazel Online Storage for easily storing and browsing files via their desktop or web browser.<ref name="Eazel shows off Linux client">{{cite journal | title=Eazel shows off Linux client | journal=[[InfoWorld]] | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0zgEAAAAMBAJ&q=eazel&pg=PA10 | date=December 4, 2000 | first=Ed | last=Scannell | page=10 | accessdate=September 28, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Dell Signs Linux Deal">{{cite magazine | title=Dell Signs Linux Deal | magazine=[[Computerworld]] | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LocroCWHAO8C&q=eazel&pg=PA6 | date=December 4, 2000 | page=6 | access-date=September 28, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Review: Nautilus 1.0"/>
In December 2000, Dell invested a "substantial stake" in Eazel<ref name="Eazel shows off Linux client"/> and committed to preloading Nautilus on its Linux-based desktop and laptop systems, while Eazel preannounced its core business services which were woven directly into the free Nautilus application. Described as the "network user experience", those services are the Software Catalog to aid users in locating and installing applications, and Eazel Online Storage for easily storing and browsing files via their desktop or web browser.<ref name="Eazel shows off Linux client">{{cite journal | title=Eazel shows off Linux client | journal=[[InfoWorld]] | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0zgEAAAAMBAJ&q=eazel&pg=PA10 | date=December 4, 2000 | first=Ed | last=Scannell | page=10 | accessdate=September 28, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Dell Signs Linux Deal">{{cite magazine | title=Dell Signs Linux Deal | magazine=[[Computerworld]] | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LocroCWHAO8C&q=eazel&pg=PA6 | date=December 4, 2000 | page=6 | access-date=September 28, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Review: Nautilus 1.0"/>


The company failed to successfully monetize, or to secure more funding before venture capital ran out, and the technology market changed drastically in the two years of the company's lifespan. On March 13, 2001, Eazel simultaneously launched the first release of Nautilus (version 1.0),<ref name="Review: Nautilus 1.0">{{cite web | url=http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/3094/1/ | title=Review: Nautilus 1.0: Has Eazel Earned Its Place in GNOME? | author=Michael Hall | date=March 15, 2001 | work=LinuxPlanet | accessdate=February 19, 2007 | archive-date=February 5, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205030008/http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/3094/1 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and laid off most of its 75 employees in an attempt to secure funding in its final few months.<ref name="nf2001"/><ref name="Eazel Closed"/> The company attempted to sell its core development group but ceased operations on May 15, 2001.<ref name="Eazel Closed">{{cite web | url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-257709.html | title=Consumer-Linux company Eazel closes | publisher=CNET News | date=May 15, 2001 | accessdate=January 17, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Sorry we're closed">{{cite web | title=Sorry We're Closed | url=http://www.eazel.com | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010516143837/http://www.eazel.com/ | archivedate=May 16, 2001 | accessdate=September 28, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Weiss |first=Todd R. |date=2001-03-15 |title=Eazel launches Nautilus software then lays off 40 workers |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2591416/eazel-launches-nautilus-software-then-lays-off-40-workers.html |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Computerworld |language=en}}</ref>
The company failed to successfully monetize, or to secure more funding before venture capital ran out, and the technology market changed drastically in the two years of the company's lifespan. On March 13, 2001, Eazel simultaneously launched the first release of Nautilus (version 1.0),<ref name="Review: Nautilus 1.0">{{cite web | url=http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/3094/1/ | title=Review: Nautilus 1.0: Has Eazel Earned Its Place in GNOME? | author=Michael Hall | date=March 15, 2001 | work=LinuxPlanet | accessdate=February 19, 2007 | archive-date=February 5, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205030008/http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/3094/1 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and laid off most of its 75 employees in an attempt to secure funding in its final few months.<ref name="nf2001"/><ref name="Eazel Closed"/> The company attempted to sell its core development group but ceased operations on May 15, 2001.<ref name="Eazel Closed">{{cite web | url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-257709.html | title=Consumer-Linux company Eazel closes | publisher=CNET News | date=May 15, 2001 | accessdate=January 17, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Sorry we're closed">{{cite web | title=Sorry We're Closed | url=http://www.eazel.com | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010516143837/http://www.eazel.com/ | archivedate=May 16, 2001 | accessdate=September 28, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Weiss |first=Todd R. |date=2001-03-15 |title=Eazel launches Nautilus software then lays off 40 workers |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2591416/eazel-launches-nautilus-software-then-lays-off-40-workers.html |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Computerworld}}</ref>


Hertzfeld arranged a meeting with [[Steve Jobs]] and most of Apple's high level management.<ref name="Working at Eazel"/> In June 2001, most of Eazel's final roster of senior engineers joined Apple's [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] team,<ref name="Gramps">{{cite mailing list | url=http://lists.kde.org/?m=104197092318639 | title=(fwd) Greetings from the Safari team at Apple Computer | accessdate=September 28, 2017}}</ref> including [[Bud Tribble]], Lisa Melton, [[Darin Adler]], John Sullivan, Ken Kocienda, and [[Maciej Stachowiak]].
Hertzfeld arranged a meeting with [[Steve Jobs]] and most of Apple's high level management.<ref name="Working at Eazel"/> In June 2001, most of Eazel's final roster of senior engineers joined Apple's [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] team,<ref name="Gramps">{{cite mailing list | url=http://lists.kde.org/?m=104197092318639 | title=(fwd) Greetings from the Safari team at Apple Computer | accessdate=September 28, 2017}}</ref> including [[Bud Tribble]], Lisa Melton, [[Darin Adler]], John Sullivan, Ken Kocienda, and [[Maciej Stachowiak]].

Latest revision as of 16:24, 25 June 2025

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Eazel was an American software company operating from 1999 to 2001 in Palo Alto[1] and then Mountain View, California.[2] The company's flagship product is the Nautilus file manager for the GNOME desktop environment on Linux, which was immediately adopted and maintained by the free software movement. As the core of Eazel's business model, it is an early example of cloud storage services in the form of personal file storage, transparently and portably stored on the Internet.

History

Eazel was founded by Andy Hertzfeld in August 1999 in Mountain View, California. It had 22 initial employees and raised Template:US$ from several venture capital investment companies.[3][4] Initially, all the programmers worked on every aspect of the product and eventually specialized on its components.[5]

The company grew from 22 employees in 1999[4] to 75 employees in 2001[2][6] and was named one of the top 10 companies to watch among "earsplitting buzz surrounding Linux", by Red Herring magazine.[4]

Staff consisted of former employees of many technology companies such as Apple, Netscape, Be Inc., Linuxcare, Microsoft, Red Hat, and Sun Microsystems. Mike Boich was CEO, having been a major figure at Apple and co-founder of Radius; Bud Tribble was VP of Engineering, having been software manager and a designer of the original Macintosh project; Andy Hertzfeld was a principal designer, having been a lead software engineer and a designer of the original Macintosh project; Darin Adler led development, having been the technical lead for System 7 for the Macintosh; and Susan Kare designed new vector graphics-based iconography, having designed the original Macintosh icons. Other staff included programmer Maciej Stachowiak, who was a programmer and board member for GNOME; and board member Michael Homer, formerly of Apple, AOL, and Netscape.[1][7][8][3]

Eazel's flagship product is the Nautilus file manager for the GNOME desktop environment.[9][10] In this, the company faced several simultaneous challenges: creating a lot of intricate user-facing software from scratch or from existing code which must target all the disparate Linux environment versions; integrating a corporate personality into the existing and outspoken volunteer community of the GNOME desktop environment; building upon a very small nascent market of Linux desktop users among an already widely served and monopolized desktop computing market; and monetizing free software for individual consumers by creating essential business services. In other words, Eazel sought to switch a groundswell of users from Macintosh and Windows to a new and immature system that free software users would want to pay for. Of the two predominant free desktop environments for Linux, the choice to target GNOME instead of KDE was made largely because of the questionable legality of the Qt license upon which KDE was based.[11]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".[4]

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In December 2000, Dell invested a "substantial stake" in Eazel[6] and committed to preloading Nautilus on its Linux-based desktop and laptop systems, while Eazel preannounced its core business services which were woven directly into the free Nautilus application. Described as the "network user experience", those services are the Software Catalog to aid users in locating and installing applications, and Eazel Online Storage for easily storing and browsing files via their desktop or web browser.[6][12][13]

The company failed to successfully monetize, or to secure more funding before venture capital ran out, and the technology market changed drastically in the two years of the company's lifespan. On March 13, 2001, Eazel simultaneously launched the first release of Nautilus (version 1.0),[13] and laid off most of its 75 employees in an attempt to secure funding in its final few months.[2][3] The company attempted to sell its core development group but ceased operations on May 15, 2001.[3][14][15]

Hertzfeld arranged a meeting with Steve Jobs and most of Apple's high level management.[5] In June 2001, most of Eazel's final roster of senior engineers joined Apple's Safari team,[16] including Bud Tribble, Lisa Melton, Darin Adler, John Sullivan, Ken Kocienda, and Maciej Stachowiak.

Legacy

The Nautilus file manager was received positively,[13] and has been incorporated into GNOME since GNOME version 1.4.[17] GNOME has renamed Nautilus to Files and now refers to some of Eazel's early concept of "network user experience" as "cloud storage", which is provisioned by a variety of sources including the complimentary Google Drive. Files is continuously maintained by the free software movement as a centerpiece of some free Linux-based desktop environments.

See also

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