= Project History = Sahana was developed in Sri Lanka as a response to the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2005. * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahana_FOSS_Disaster_Management_System Wikipedia article] Sahana Eden is a rewrite of this concept in a modern environment for both code & infrastructure. * [wiki:FrequentlyAskedQuestionsRewrite Why a Rewrite?] * [wiki:FrequentlyAskedQuestionsFork Is this a Fork?] * [wiki:FrequentlyAskedQuestionsPython Why replace PHP with Python?] * [wiki:FrequentlyAskedQuestionsWeb2Py Why Web2Py?] * [wiki:FrequentlyAskedQuestionsJQuery Why jQuery?] * [wiki:FrequentlyAskedQuestionsExt Why Ext?] * [wiki:FrequentlyAskedQuestionsBazaar Why replace CVS with Bazaar?] * [wiki:FrequentlyAskedQuestionsLaunchPad Why replace SourceForge with Launchpad?] * [wiki:FrequentlyAskedQuestionsTrac Why Trac?] * [DeveloperGuidelines/Git#History Why replace Launchpad with GitHub?] ---- FrequentlyAskedQuestions