Author: bayard
Date: Tue Aug  9 07:27:47 2011
New Revision: 1155239

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1155239&view=rev
Log:
Updating the intro to be a bit more up to date

Modified:
    jakarta/site/docs/index.html
    jakarta/site/xdocs/index.xml

Modified: jakarta/site/docs/index.html
URL: 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/jakarta/site/docs/index.html?rev=1155239&r1=1155238&r2=1155239&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- jakarta/site/docs/index.html (original)
+++ jakarta/site/docs/index.html Tue Aug  9 07:27:47 2011
@@ -148,11 +148,10 @@
 </div>
 <p>
 <div class="section-body">
-      <p>The Apache Jakarta&#8482; Project offers a diverse set of open source 
Java solutions and is a part of <a href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/";>The 
Apache Software Foundation</a> (ASF) which encourages a
-        collaborative, consensus-based development process under an open <a 
href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/licence-FAQ.html";>software license</a>. 
</p>
-      <p>Jakarta is organized into subprojects, summarized in the <a 
href="#Products">section below</a>. The ASF
-        contains other Java projects, some of which were a part of Jakarta, 
that are detailed on the <a href="http://projects.apache.org/";>ASF Project</a> 
page. </p>
-      <p>It is recommended that users of Jakarta products <a 
href="mailto:[email protected]";>subscribe</a> to the 
Jakarta <a href="./site/mail2.html#Announcement">announcements mailing 
list</a>. </p>
+      <p>Founded in 1999, the Jakarta Project housed a diverse set of popular 
open source Java solutions. In 2005, 
+        as a part of creating a flatter Apache Software Foundation, Jakarta 
subprojects began to become full top-level 
+        Apache projects. This process has continued to this day, all but two 
subprojects have now left the Jakarta project to 
+        become top level projects, or in some cases been retired. </p>
     </div>
 </p>
 </div>

Modified: jakarta/site/xdocs/index.xml
URL: 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/jakarta/site/xdocs/index.xml?rev=1155239&r1=1155238&r2=1155239&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- jakarta/site/xdocs/index.xml (original)
+++ jakarta/site/xdocs/index.xml Tue Aug  9 07:27:47 2011
@@ -22,15 +22,10 @@ limitations under the License.
   </properties>
   <body>
     <section name="Welcome to The Apache Jakarta&#x2122; Project">
-      <p>The Apache Jakarta&#x2122; Project offers a diverse set of open 
source Java solutions and is a part of <a
-          href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/";>The Apache Software 
Foundation</a> (ASF) which encourages a
-        collaborative, consensus-based development process under an open <a
-          href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/licence-FAQ.html";>software 
license</a>. </p>
-      <p>Jakarta is organized into subprojects, summarized in the <a 
href="#Products">section below</a>. The ASF
-        contains other Java projects, some of which were a part of Jakarta, 
that are detailed on the <a
-          href="http://projects.apache.org/";>ASF Project</a> page. </p>
-      <p>It is recommended that users of Jakarta products <a 
href="mailto:[email protected]";
-          >subscribe</a> to the Jakarta <a 
href="./site/mail2.html#Announcement">announcements mailing list</a>. </p>
+      <p>Founded in 1999, the Jakarta Project housed a diverse set of popular 
open source Java solutions. In 2005, 
+        as a part of creating a flatter Apache Software Foundation, Jakarta 
subprojects began to become full top-level 
+        Apache projects. This process has continued to this day, all but two 
subprojects have now left the Jakarta project to 
+        become top level projects, or in some cases been retired. </p>
     </section>
     <section name="News">
       <h4>



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