I don&#x27;t know, either, but, for what it&#x27;s worth, Joe has said that Midori began around ~2008.<p>Edit: 2003 according to above comment. I got my year from &quot;The project included [...] looking more like the Microsoft of today [...] than the Microsoft of 8 years ago when the project began&quot; - dated 2015.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;joeduffyblog.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;03&#x2F;blogging-about-midori&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;joeduffyblog.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;03&#x2F;blogging-about-midori&#x2F;</a>