From 4c65c0b5d5d4a9284d19b1612efb2a9629e6a2cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mateusz Loskot <mateusz@loskot.net>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 21:35:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Updated README.md with brief history of SOCI :)

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 README.md | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7883f3b85..29c7ad60c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 SOCI - The C++ Database Access Library
 ======================================
 
+Brief History
+-------------
+Originally, SOCI was developed by Maciej Sobczak in CERN as
+abstraction layer for Oracle, a Simple Oracle Call Interface.
+Later, serveral database backends have been developed and added to SOCI.
+Currently, SOCI may stand for something like Simple Open (Database) Call Interface.
+
+Infrastructure
+--------------
+
 GitHub hosts SOCI source code repository,
 issues tracker and wiki: https://github.com/SOCI
 
@@ -32,8 +42,3 @@ Git repository of SOCI project
 * /doc - project documentation
 * /www - project website
 * /build - legacy build configurations (to be removed)
-
-
-== Build Status ==
-
-[![Build Status](https://api.travis-ci.org/SOCI/soci.png)](https://travis-ci.org/SOCI/soci)