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# 2007-11-26, via Wayback Machine:

Yubico launches YubiKey Pilot Box

The YubiKey Pilot Box is intended for anyone who wants to test the Yubico
technology live for their own online services.

The YubiKey works as a sole authentication method, combined with a PIN for
two-factor authentication or as an add-on to legacy username and password. The
YubiKey operates with Yubico's managed service, enabling quick and easy
integration with any online service.

The offering includes 50 units of YubiKey Ultra-thin, customized casings, one
year subscription of the Yubico Identity Service, instructions for easy web-API
integration and Yubico online support.

[NOTE: This means that every Pilot Box had keys with custom branding!]

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# 2008-05-08, Stina interview:
# https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-143.htm

STINA: So now I had an office in California. So I had an office in California,
one in Stockholm. So it was Simon, me, and Paul. And, well, in January the
little thin YubiKey was ready. And we started shipping the first pilot box. It
was to one of Paul's friends who has set up a Chinese IPTV company called
Dragon IPTV. We have a, you know, a theme on our website and a film actually
show that service. And, you know, we're very enthusiastic because, you know,
within a couple of months we had five pilots starting. And we didn't really
understand, you know, the customers, they were so happy, they came back, and
they said this works so perfect, and the users love it. But the business really
didn't - we didn't get any next orders. And eventually we asked them, and they
said, you know, there is one problem. There's always one problem. And now they
said, you haven't given us a price list, and we don't really understand your
business model. Is this open source, or is it not open source? You know, you
haven't been perfectly clear on that.

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