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Update our history a little (whoops - I thought I'd committed

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<!-- $Id$ --> <!-- $Id: history.sgml,v 1.21 1997/02/22 12:58:35 peter Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect><heading>A brief history of FreeBSD<label id="history"></heading> <sect><heading>A brief history of FreeBSD<label id="history"></heading>
@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ snapshot. Those plans came to a rude halt when Bill Jolitz suddenly
decided to withdraw his sanction from the project and without any decided to withdraw his sanction from the project and without any
clear indication of what would be done instead. clear indication of what would be done instead.
It did not take us long to decide that the goal remained worthwhile It did not take us long to decide that the goal remained worthwhile,
even without Bill's support, and so we adopted the name "FreeBSD", even without Bill's support, and so we adopted the name "FreeBSD",
which was coined by David Greenman. Our initial objectives were set coined by David Greenman. Our initial objectives were set after
after consulting with the system's current users, and once it became consulting with the system's current users and, once it became clear
clear that the project was on the road to perhaps even becoming a that the project was on the road to perhaps even becoming a reality,
reality, I contacted Walnut Creek CDROM with an eye towards improving I contacted Walnut Creek CDROM with an eye towards improving
FreeBSD's distribution channels for those many unfortunates without FreeBSD's distribution channels for those many unfortunates without
easy access to the Internet. Walnut Creek CDROM not only supported easy access to the Internet. Walnut Creek CDROM not only supported
the idea of distributing FreeBSD on CD but went so far as to provide the idea of distributing FreeBSD on CD but went so far as to provide
@ -74,14 +74,18 @@ robust and easier to install FreeBSD 2.0.5 release in June of 1995.
<em>Where to from here?</em> <em>Where to from here?</em>
We released FreeBSD 2.1.5 in August of 1996, and it appeared to be We released FreeBSD 2.1.5 in August of 1996, and it appeared to be
popular enough among the ISP and commercial communities that one last popular enough among the ISP and commercial communities that another
release along the 2.1-stable branch, was merited. This was FreeBSD 2.1.6, release along the 2.1-stable branch was merited. This was FreeBSD 2.1.7.1,
released in December 1996, and capping the end of mainstream development released in February 1997 and capping the end of mainstream development
on 2.1-stable. Now in maintenance mode, only security enhancements and other on 2.1-stable. Now in maintenance mode, only security enhancements and other
critical bug fixes will be done on this branch. critical bug fixes will be done on this branch (RELENG_2_1_0).
FreeBSD 2.2 is now on a release branch and heading for its first full FreeBSD 2.2 was branched from the development mainline ("-current") in
debut in January, 1997. Long term development projects for everything November 1996 as the RELENG_2_2 branch, and the first full release
from SMP to DEC ALPHA support will continue to take place in the (2.2.1) was released in April, 1997. Further releases along the 2.2 branch
3.0-current branch, which departed from 2.2 in October of 1996. are planned throughout the Summer and Fall of '97 and into early
SNAPshot releases of 3.0 are expected to resume in early 1997. Winter, at which point the first 3.0 release will appear.
Long term development projects for everything from SMP to DEC ALPHA support
will continue to take place in the 3.0-current branch and SNAPshot releases
of 3.0 on CDROM (and, of course, on the net) will begin to appear in May, 1997.