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@@ -11,45 +11,58 @@
   <sect1 id="purpose">
     <title>Purpose</title>
     <para>&clsql; is a Common Lisp interface to <glossterm
-      linkend="gloss-sql">SQL</glossterm> databases.  A number of Common
-      Lisp implementations and SQL databases are supported. The general
-      structure of &clsql; is based on the
-      <application>CommonSQL</application> 
-      package by Xanalys.
+    linkend="gloss-sql">SQL</glossterm> databases.  A number of Common
+    Lisp implementations and SQL databases are supported. The general
+    structure of &clsql; is based on the &commonsql; package by
+    Xanalys.
     </para>
   </sect1>
   
   <sect1 id="history">
     <title>History</title>
     <para>
-      &clsql; is written by Kevin M. Rosenberg and based substantially
-      on Pierre R. Mai's excellent &maisql; package. The main changes
-      from &maisql; are:
+      The &clsql; project was started by Kevin M. Rosenberg in 2001 to
+      support SQL access on multiple Common Lisp implementations using
+      the &uffi; library. The initial code was based substantially on
+      Pierre R. Mai's excellent &maisql; package. In late 2003, the
+      &usql; library was orphaned by its author, onShore Development,
+      Inc. In April 2004, Marcus Pearce ported the &usql; library to
+      &clsql;.  The &usql; library provides a &commonsql;-compatible
+      API for &clsql;.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>The main changes from &maisql; and &usql; are:
       <itemizedlist>
 	<listitem>
-	  <para>port from the &cmucl; FFI to &uffi;.</para>
+	  <para>Port from the &cmucl; FFI to &uffi; which provide
+	  compatibility with the major Common Lisp
+	  implementations.</para>
 	</listitem>
 	<listitem>
 	  <para>Optimized loading of integer and floating-point fields.</para>
 	</listitem>
 	<listitem>
-	  <para>new &acl; ODBC interface back-end.</para>
+	  <para>Additional database backends: &odbc;, &aodbc;, and &sqlite;.</para>
 	</listitem>
 	<listitem>
-	  <para>compatibility layer for &cmucl; specific code.</para>
+	  <para>A compatibility layer for &cmucl; specific code.</para>
 	</listitem>
 	<listitem>
-	  <para>much improved robustness for the &mysql; back-end
+	  <para>Much improved robustness for the &mysql; back-end
 	  along with version 4 client library support.</para>
 	</listitem>
 	<listitem>
-	  <para>improved system loading.</para>
+	  <para>Improved library loading and installation documentation.</para>
+	</listitem>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>Improved packages and symbol export.</para>
 	</listitem>
 	<listitem>
-	  <para>improved packages and symbol export.</para>
+	  <para>Pooled connections.</para>
 	</listitem>
 	<listitem>
-	  <para>transaction support.</para>
+	  <para>Integrated transaction support for the classic
+	  &maisql; iteration macros.</para>
 	</listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </para>
@@ -108,12 +121,12 @@
 	Currently, &clsql; supports the following databases:
       </para>
       <itemizedlist mark="opencircle">
-	<listitem><para>&mysql; v3.23.51 and v4.0.15.</para></listitem>
-	<listitem><para>&postgresql; v7.2 with both direct API and TCP
+	<listitem><para>&mysql; v3.23.51 and v4.0.18.</para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>&postgresql; v7.4 with both direct API and TCP
 	socket connections.</para></listitem>
 	<listitem><para>&sqlite;.</para></listitem>
-	<listitem><para>Allegro's ODBC interface (&aodbc;) using iODBC
-	ODBC manager.</para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>Direct &odbc; interface.</para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>Allegro's DB interface (&aodbc;).</para></listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </sect2>
     
@@ -222,6 +235,8 @@
 (asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql-mysql)             ; MySQL interface
 (asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql-postgresql)        ; PostgreSQL interface
 (asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql-postgresql-socket) ; Socket PGSQL interface
+(asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql-odbc)              ; ODBC interface
+(asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql-sqlite)            ; SQLite interface
 (asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql-aodbc)             ; Allegro ODBC interface
 (asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql)                   ; main CLSQL package
 	</screen>