2007 has been a banner year for MindTouch, in which we have exceeded every key metric we have set for ourselves:

1. Our monthy downloads are running at 30,000 per month, from less than 1,000 last year. This rate makes our Deki Wiki product the fastest growing wiki in the marketplace, and MindTouch the leading commercial open-source wiki company going forward. We project that between July 2007 to June 2008 we will have 300,000 downloads, up from 10,000 in our first year of product release. That's 30X in one year!
2. Our sales have tripled since 2006, with the quality of customers also increasing. One marquee customer that has announced our partnership is Mozilla, which is replacing its MediaWiki with Deki Wiki for its Developer Center (MDC) after extensive competitive analysis. We have many other customers that will announce next year across a variety of applications in the enterprise, online communities and devnets.
3. Our passionate community of 1,500+ users and developers have contributed an amazing amount of good ideas and work this year. The most immediate and visible contribution is the translations. In a short 6 months, we have now the following foreign languages: Russian, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Japanese, Polish and Norwegian. Thank you all, MindTouch Gardeners!
4. As a direct result of the translations, we are able to enter two major foreign markets (to be officially announced early next year) via enthusiastic and capable resellers/system integrators. One of the resellers was a close partner with a well-known competitor, but due to their shortcomings and Deki Wiki's features, switched to us and has become MindTouched.
5. Then, there are the products, of course. Since they have been documented fully on the blog and forums, I will not have to repeat them here.

What's most impressive about our achievement is that most of it is accomplished in an organic fashion with very little money or PR. Once we decide to pour a little more gas into the fire, our traction will increase even further. Hey, we might just do that! Stay tuned.

In short, MindTouch is on a roll. We are changing the game in the wiki market.

I want to end by thanking the MindTouch team, which has done an amazing amount of good work this year. Their dedication, hard work and perseverance are incomparable. Thanks to all.

Have a wonderful and healthy New Year!

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