At the writing of this, current total number of downloads sits at 16 422 and peaked with 1 341 in September. Whereas the first 10 000 downloads took more than 2 years to complete, the last 6 000 were achieved in the first 9 months of 2008 only

Congratulations and grateful thanks to all contributors and SourceForge.net for hosting the Bika OS project

Bika packages currently available on Bika's SourceForge download page:

• Bika LIMS 2.1 Inkosi - LIMS for Chemistry labs
  
• Bika Interlab 1.2 - Web based LIMS for inter-laboratory proficiency testing
  
• Bika Wine 1.2 - LIMS for Wine and Beverages laboratories
  
• Bika Calendar 1.0 - True working hours calendar for accurate scheduling and calculation of turn around alerts and efficiency reporting
  

Coming soon

Bika LIMS 2.2 Inkosi is nearing completion and will be released soon. A proto-type of Bika Health, our LIMS for public health laboratories, is available on request

Analysis and design for Bika Tribos 1, LIMS for Tribology labs, has been started with client sponsorship by Exertus laboratories. A&D for our LIMS for Geology and Mining, Bika Fire Assay, has been completed some time ago and is awaiting sponsorship for development to commence

We have also started A&D for Bika Village, a membership, scientific journal and event management portal with on-line payment for SASEV, the South African Society for Enology and Viticulture