status.md

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 # Status
 
-The White Rabbit project was started in 2008 by Javier Serrano and his
-colleagues. From the start it has been a collaborative effort where
+The White Rabbit project was **started in 2008** by Javier Serrano and
+his colleagues. From the start it has been a collaborative effort where
 everyone works together to make a working solution.
 
-By summer 2012 we have built 18-port switches and use the
+By **summer 2012** we had built 18-port switches and used the
 [SPEC](https://www.ohwr.org/project/spec/wiki) hardware as end nodes and
-have made a demonstration program where one can see that the WR protocol
-lives up to its promises. For small systems where a single end node is
-sufficient, software has been written to run the White Rabbit protocol
-between two SPEC boards and associated digital I/O FMC mezzanines.
+had made a demonstration program where one could see that the WR
+protocol lived up to its promises. For small systems where a single end
+node is sufficient, software has been written to run the White Rabbit
+protocol between two SPEC boards and associated digital I/O FMC
+mezzanines.
 
-Many institutes (notably GSI) have also built WR end nodes, while the
-company National Instruments is designing a WR receiver for their PXI
-measurement systems.
+Since then many institutes (notably GSI) have also built [WR end
+nodes](/Node#wr-node-designs-on-ohwr).  
+[Many users](WRUsers) are building test systems to evaluate the
+performance for use in their upcoming applications, while some are
+already deploying it for actual use in their systems.
 
-[Many users](WRUsers) are building small test systems to evaluate the
-performance for use in their upcoming applications.
-
-The switches are available from industry with a delivery time of three
-to six months, while the SPEC end node boards are usually available from
+The switches are available from industry with a delivery time between
+one to six months, while the end node boards are usually available from
 stock.
 
-There is still a lot of work to be done, but globally the main work is
-in the following projects:
+We publish one [newsletter](newsletters) per year and also organise a
+yearly [workshop](/Workshops) to keep developers and users abreast with
+the latest developments.
+
+There is still work to be done, but globally the main work is in the
+following projects:
 
-  - finalise the firmware of the switch
+  - finalise the firmware of the switch by removing the last known bugs
+  - add switch management firmware and software (e.g. via SNMP)
   - work on standardisation of the protocol ([WR Standardization
     project](https://www.ohwr.org/project/wr-std/wiki))
   - WR enable different mezzanine cards
-    ([TDC](https://www.ohwr.org/project/fmc-tdc/wiki),
-    [ADC](https://www.ohwr.org/project/fmc-adc-100m14b4cha/wiki), [Fine
-    Delay](https://www.ohwr.org/project/fmc-delay-1ns-8cha/wiki))
-  - document and support users of White Rabbit
-  - the [6th WR
-    workshop](https://www.ohwr.org/white-rabbit/wikis/Mar2012Meeting)
-    created a rather complete [To-do
-    list](https://www.ohwr.org/project/white-rabbit/uploads/c9fca12af3471f92c023bf086b891bb2/todo.txt)
+    ([ADC](https://www.ohwr.org/project/fmc-adc-100m14b4cha/wiki))
 
-We will also try to publish a few [newsletters](newsletters) per year to
-keep developers and users abreast with the latest developments.
+-----
 
 # Major events
 
@@ -105,7 +102,8 @@ keep developers and users abreast with the latest developments.
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 <td>01-05-2012</td>
-<td>The first deployment of a system based on White Rabbit synchronization technology was successfully done in May 2012 in Gran Sasso and CERN for the <a href="https://www.ohwr.org/project/cngs-time-transfer/wiki">CERN Neutrino to Gran Sasso (CNGS)</a> measurements.</td>
+<td>The first deployment of a system based on White Rabbit synchronization technology was successfully<br />
+done in May 2012 in Gran Sasso and CERN for the <a href="https://www.ohwr.org/project/cngs-time-transfer/wiki">CERN Neutrino to Gran Sasso (CNGS)</a> measurements.</td>
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 <td>23-05-2012</td>
@@ -140,6 +138,10 @@ keep developers and users abreast with the latest developments.
 <td>CERN, Switzerland received 10 V3.3 switches.</td>
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+<td>06-10-2014</td>
+<td><a href="Oct2014Meeting">8th WR Workshop</a>, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland).</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="odd">
 <td>08-04-2015</td>
 <td><a href="https://www.ohwr.org/project/wr-std/wiki">Standardisation process in IEEE</a> on-going, switch <a href="https://www.ohwr.org/project/wr-switch-hdl/wiki">gateware</a> and <a href="https://www.ohwr.org/project/wr-switch-sw/wiki">software</a> more robust, many [users of WR](/WRUsers).</td>
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