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    <h2>December 1999</h2>

    <ul>
      <li><p><b>30-Dec-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:groudier@FreeBSD.org">Gerard
	Roudier</a> (Symbios SCSI driver)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>20-Dec-1999</b>
	<a href="&base;/releases/3.4R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.4</a> has
	been released.  Please see the <a
	href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
	more details.  Also be sure to check the <a
	href="&base;/releases/3.4R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
	installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.4 that
	occur.</p></li>

      <li><p><b>18-Dec-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:rwatson@FreeBSD.org">Robert
	Watson</a> (Coda, POSIX.1e ACLs/Capabilities/Auditing/MAC, FFS
	extended attributes, Jail code improvements/documentation,
	IPFW/BPF cleanup)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>16-Dec-1999</b>
	Remove a committer: James Raynard, <i>"I have decided to resign as
	a committer as it's been a very long time since I last had the
	time to work on FreeBSD and things have now got to the point where
	not even "speed reading" can help me keep up with the commit
	mail."</i>  Our thanks to James for the time and effort he has
	contributed to FreeBSD.</p>

	<p>A new committer: <a href="mailto:asmodai@FreeBSD.org">Jeroen
	  Ruigrok van der Werven</a> (Docs, in particular mdoc, low-level
	  interfaces, and other source tree related
	  documentation)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>15-Dec-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:jedgar@FreeBSD.org">Chris D.
	Faulhaber</a></p></li>

      <li><p><b>14-Dec-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:nbm@FreeBSD.org">Neil
	Blakey-Milner</a> (Docs)</p></li>
    </ul>

    <h2>October 1999</h2>

    <ul>
      <li><p><b>24-Oct-1999</b>
	The <a href="http://www.freebsdcon.org/">FreeBSD Con</a> '99 event
	this year was a big success!  Over 350 people attended, and both
	the vendors and attendees alike said they found the event to be
	both entertaining and valuable. Many thanks to <a
	href="http://www.wccdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM</a> for producing
	this event and to <a href="http://www.mckusick.com/"> Dr. Marshall
	Kirk McKusick</a> for teaching two kernel internals tutorials and
	giving his <a
	href="http://www.mckusick.com/history/index.html">History of
	BSD</a> talk at the conference.</p></li>

      <li><p><b>10-Oct-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:joe@FreeBSD.org">Josef
	Karthauser</a></p></li>
    </ul>

    <h2>September 1999</h2>

    <ul>
      <li><p><b>27-Sep-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:nakai@FreeBSD.org">Yukihiro
	Nakai</a> (Ports)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>26-Sep-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:dan@FreeBSD.org">Dan Moschuk</a>
	(Ports)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>17-Sep-1999</b>
	<a href="&base;/releases/3.3R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.3</a> has
	been released.  Please see the <a
	href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
	more details.  Also be sure to check the <a
	href="&base;/releases/3.3R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
	installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.3 that
	occur.</p></li>

      <li><p><b>08-Sep-1999</b>
	New committers: <a href="mailto:bp@FreeBSD.org">Boris Popov</a>
	(Netware) and <a href="mailto:wsanchez@FreeBSD.org">Wilfredo
	Sanchez</a> (FreeBSD/Apple Darwin collaboration)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>05-Sep-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:jmas@FreeBSD.org">Jose M.
	Alcaide</a> (Docs/Spanish translation)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>03-Sep-1999</b>
	New committers: <a href="mailto:imura@FreeBSD.org">R. Imura</a>
	(Ports/KDE), <a href="mailto:andy@FreeBSD.org">Andrey
	Zakhvatov</a> (Docs/Russian translation) and <a
	href="mailto:gioria@FreeBSD.org">Sebastien Gioria</a> (Docs/French
	translation)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>02-Sep-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:phantom@FreeBSD.org">Alexey
	Zelkin</a> (Localization/Docs/Russian translation)</p></li>
    </ul>

    <h2>August 1999</h2>

    <ul>
      <li><p><b>23-Aug-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:jhb@FreeBSD.org">John Baldwin</a>
	(Docs)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>11-Aug-1999</b> New committers: <a
	href="mailto:alfred@FreeBSD.org">Alfred Perlstein</a> (SMP) and
	<a href="mailto:jim@FreeBSD.org">Jim Mock</a> (Docs)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>10-Aug-1999</b>
	<a href="http://www.codeforge.com/">C-Forge</a>, an Integrated
	Development Environment, has been released (beta) for FreeBSD,
	supporting C, C++, Perl, Tcl, and many other
	languages.</p></li>

      <li><p><b>06-Aug-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:chris@FreeBSD.org">Chris
	Costello</a> (Docs)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>04-Aug-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:pho@FreeBSD.org">Peter Holm</a>
	(Docs)</p></li>
    </ul>

    <h2>July 1999</h2>

    <ul>
      <li><p><b>29-Jul-1999</b>
	New committers: <a href="mailto:shin@FreeBSD.org">Yoshinobu
	Inoue</a> and <a href="mailto:sumikawa@FreeBSD.org">Munechika
	Sumikawa</a> (KAME/IPv6)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>27-Jul-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:mdodd@FreeBSD.org">Matthew N.
	Dodd</a> (EISA/PCI/newbus)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>14-Jul-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:tanimura@FreeBSD.org">Seigo
	Tanimura</a> (MIDI)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>07-Jul-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:cg@FreeBSD.org">Cameron Grant</a>
	(PCM)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>03-Jul-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:marcel@FreeBSD.org">Marcel
	Moolenaar</a> (Linux compat)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>01-Jul-1999</b>
	New committers: <a href="mailto:nyan@FreeBSD.org">Takahashi
	Yoshihiro</a> (PC98) and <a
	href="mailto:gehenna@FreeBSD.org">Masahide MAEKAWA</a></p></li>
    </ul>

    <h2>June 1999</h2>

    <ul>
      <li><p><b>30-Jun-1999</b>
	New committers: <a href="mailto:lile@FreeBSD.org">Larry Lile</a>
	(Token Ring), <a href="mailto:dbaker@FreeBSD.org">Daniel Baker</a>
	(Ports), and <a href="mailto:deischen@FreeBSD.org">Daniel
	Eischen</a></p></li>

      <li><p><b>19-Jun-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:cpiazza@FreeBSD.org">Chris
	Piazza</a></p></li>

      <li><p><b>18-Jun-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:iwasaki@FreeBSD.org">Mitsuru
	IWASAKI</a></p></li>

      <li><p><b>17-Jun-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:green@FreeBSD.org">Brian
	Feldman</a></p></li>

      <li><p><b>14-Jun-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:sheldonh@FreeBSD.org">Sheldon
	Hearn</a></p></li>

      <li><p><b>10-Jun-1999</b>
	FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE CDs are shipping.  Subscribers who did not
	make any special shipping arrangements should be receiving their
	CDs soon.  Anyone who wishes to order 3.2-RELEASE or to subscribe
	may do so via <a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/">The FreeBSD
	Mall</a>.</p></li>

      <li><p><b>08-Jun-1999</b>
	A new <a href="http://freebsd.itworks.com.au/">Australian FreeBSD
	Web Mirror</a> now exists.  Thanks to <a
	href="http://www.itworks.com.au/">ITworks Consulting</a> for
	providing the host.</p></li>
    </ul>

    <h2>May 1999</h2>

    <ul>
      <li><p><b>28-May-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:kevlo@FreeBSD.org">Kevin
	Lo</a></p></li>

      <li><p><b>27-May-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:ru@FreeBSD.org">Ruslan
	Ermilov</a></p></li>

      <li><p><b>26-May-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:mtaylor@FreeBSD.org">Mark J.
	Taylor</a></p></li>

      <li><p><b>18-May-1999</b>
	<a href="&base;/releases/3.2R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.2</a> has
	been released.  Please see the <a
	href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
	more details.  Also be sure to check the <a
	href="&base;/releases/3.2R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
	installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.2 that you might
	need to be aware of.</p></li>
    </ul>

    <h2>April 1999</h2>

    <ul>
      <li><p><b>30-Apr-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:tom@FreeBSD.org">Tom Hukins</a>
	(Docs)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>22-Apr-1999</b>
	The <a href="&base;/tutorials/docproj-primer/">FreeBSD Documentation
	Project Primer</a> is now available (in the <a
	href="&base;/tutorials/index.html">tutorials section</a>) for people who want to
	learn the technical details of the <a
	href="&base;/docproj/docproj.html">Documentation
	Project</a>.</p></li>

      <li><p><b>15-Apr-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:dick@FreeBSD.org">Richard
	Seaman</a></p></li>

      <li><p><b>13-Apr-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:mharo@FreeBSD.org">Michael
	Haro</a></p></li>
    </ul>

    <h2>March 1999</h2>

    <ul>
      <li><p><b>30-Mar-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:nsayer@FreeBSD.org">Nick
	Sayer</a></p></li>

      <li><p><b>10-Mar-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:jasone@FreeBSD.org">Jason
	Evans</a></p></li>

      <li><p><b>05-Mar-1999</b>
	The <a href="http://www.usenix.org/">USENIX Association</a> has
	announced the <a
	href="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/">1999 USENIX Annual
	Technical Conference</a>, scheduled for 06-11 June 1999 in
	Monterey, CA, USA.  Our own Jordan Hubbard is chairing the FREENIX
	Track, devoted to open source software's latest developments and
	interesting applications.</p></li>

      <li><p><b>02-Mar-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:taoka@FreeBSD.org">Satoshi
	TAOKA</a> (Ports)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>01-Mar-1999</b>
	A secure server has been set up to accept monetary donations to
	the FreeBSD Project.  For more information, see: <a
	href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/donate/">http://www.freebsdmall.com/donate/</a>.</p></li>

      <li><p><b>01-Mar-1999</b>
	FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE CDs are now shipping.  Subscribers should
	receive their CDs soon.  See <a
	href="http://www.wccdrom.com/">http://www.wccdrom.com/</a> to
	order.</p></li>
    </ul>

    <h2>February 1999</h2>

    <ul>
      <li><p><b>25-Feb-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:shige@FreeBSD.org">Shigeyuki
	FUKUSHIMA</a></p></li>

      <li><p><b>23-Feb-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:alc@FreeBSD.org">Alan Cox</a>
	(VM)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>19-Feb-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:kris@FreeBSD.org">Kris
	Kennaway</a></p></li>

      <li><p><b>17-Feb-1999</b>
	The Gartner Group has released a report, <i>Divorcing Thin Server
	Software from the Hardware</i>, examining the trend in the OEM
	market of using software and hardware from different
	vendors.</p></li>

      <li><p><b>15-Feb-1999</b>
	<a href="&base;/releases/3.1R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.1</a> has
	been released.  Please see the <a
	href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
	more details.  Also be sure to check the <a
	href="&base;/releases/3.1R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
	installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.1 that you might
	need to be aware of.</p></li>

      <li><p><b>04-Feb-1999</b>
	The <a href="http://www.freebsddiary.org/">FreeBSD Diary</a>, a
	collection of how-to entries aimed at Unix novices, is now
	available.</p></li>

      <li><p><b>03-Feb-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:dcs@FreeBSD.org">Daniel
	Sobral</a> (Bootloader)</p></li>
    </ul>

    <h2>January 1999</h2>

    <ul>
      <li><p><b>21-Jan-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:roger@FreeBSD.org">Roger
	Hardiman</a> (bt8x8 driver)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>20-Jan-1999</b> 3.0-STABLE has now departed the -CURRENT
	branch.  The next release on this branch will be 3.1-RELEASE,
	in mid-February 1999.</p></li>

      <li><p><b>15-Jan-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:gallatin@FreeBSD.org">Andrew
	Gallatin</a> (Alpha)</p></li>

      <li><p><b>13-Jan-1999</b>
	The <a href="http://www.freebsdzine.org/">FreeBSD ezine</a> is a
	monthly collection of easy to read (we hope) articles written by
	FreeBSD users and administrators just like you.</p></li>

      <li><p><b>10-Jan-99</b>
	Jordan Hubbard's "<a href="../sou1999.html">State of the Union</a>",
	a look back at 1998, and a look forward to the future.</p></li>

      <li><p><b>02-Jan-1999</b>
	A new committer: <a href="mailto:simokawa@FreeBSD.org">Hidetoshi
	Shimokawa</a> (Alpha/Ports)</p></li>
    </ul>

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