# History of PowerDNS: 2003-2013

DevFeed: [History of PowerDNS: 2003-2013](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/history-of-powerdns-2003-2013-36434.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/history-of-powerdns-2003-2013/>)

Published: 2020-11-29T15:24:11Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bert-hubert-s-writings.md>)

Topics: [powerdns](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/powerdns.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Job](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/job.md>), [intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/intelligence.md>)

Tags: [business](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business.md>), [history](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/history.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [powerdns](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/powerdns.md>)

## AI overview

Part two of a retrospective history of PowerDNS covering the period from 2003 to 2013. The author recalls PowerDNS becoming dormant as a company while its open-source software continued to thrive, and describes later learning web technologies and joining the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service.

## Source excerpt

This is part two of the PowerDNS history as I recall it. As noted in part one, some of this stuff is rather old, and it is entirely possible I am misremembering things. Please do let me know if you find any important omissions or mistakes! At the end of 2002, beginning of 2003, PowerDNS as a going concern was gone. There were no more employees, there were no paying customers.