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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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