diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 58c85eeb4..257f03bcd 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -14,21 +14,15 @@ -**Fast. Secure. Feature Rich. Community Lead.** - -IRCd was a free and open source server which facilitated real-time communication over the -internet. It was started by Jarkko Oikarinen in 1988 at the University of Oulu and [its -derivatives](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/IRCd_software_implementations.png) -underpinned the major IRC networks for decades. +It all started in 1988 when Jarkko Oikarinen developed a free and open source server +at the University of Oulu which facilitated real-time communication over the internet. +Its [derivatives](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/IRCd_software_implementations.png) +have underpinned the major IRC networks for decades ever since. Due to its age and stagnation since the mid-2000's, a growing number of proprietary cloud services -are now filling the vacuum of innovation. In 2014 a new approach was proposed to reinvigorate -real-time communication for free and open source software: a *federation of networks* known as -*the matrix*. - -