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 <h2>Announcement</h2>
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-Mar 4 2008 - The Apache Ivy project is please to announce its
+Mar 4 2008 - The Apache Ivy project is pleased to announce its
 2.0.0 beta 2 release, a new step on the road toward 2.0 final.
 
 Ivy is a tool for managing (recording, tracking, resolving and
 reporting) project dependencies, characterized by flexibility,
 configurability, and tight integration with Apache Ant.
 
-The status of this version is a beta, meaning that we encourage
-users to try it out. This version is already providing a good stability and
-robustness. API and features are still subject to change though.
+This is a beta release, for wide testing with users. Problems found
+at this phase can be fixed in the final release, so now is a good time to
+download and use it. Although there may be some changes at
+the API level, it is already being in production builds in many large Java
+projects.
 
 Key features of the 2.0.0-beta2 release are
 * enhanced Maven2 compatibility, with a fully rewritten pom parser