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 - Email              sgothel _at_ jausoft _dot_ com
 
 
-## Acknowledgments
-The JogAmp Community is gratefully acknowledges that the initial
-version of JOGL was authored and developed by Kenneth Bradley Russell
-and Christopher John Kline.
+## JogAmp History & Milestones
+Bottom line, too much work has been performed to be listed here.    
+However, let's have a few sentimental points listed and we may add a few more as we go.
+
+### *OpenGL™ for Java™ (GL4Java)*
+[*OpenGL™ for Java™ (GL4Java)*](https://jogamp.org/cgit/gl4java.git/about/)
+was developed [from March 1997](https://jausoft.com/gl4java/docs/overview/history.html) 
+until [March 2003](https://jogamp.org/cgit/gl4java.git/log/).
+
+Its many concepts were reused in the subsequently launched [JOGL project](https://jogamp.org/jogl/www/),    
+initially [lead by Sun Microsystems](#gluegen-joal-and-jogl-at-sun-microsystems) and later run by [myself and the JogAmp community](https://jogamp.org/),    
+rendering *GL4Java* effectively *JOGL's* predecessor.    
+A few of the concepts reused were:
+- C-Header Compiler to JNI glue code: C2J -> GlueGen
+- AWT integration: GLCanvas, GLJPanel (swing)
+- WinHandleAccess -> NativeWindow
+- GLDrawableFactory
+- GLDrawable
+- GLContext
+- GLEvenListener
+- etc
+
+### GlueGen, JOAL and JOGL at Sun Microsystems
+- 2003-06-06 [Initial JOGL code commit](https://jogamp.org/cgit/jogl.git/commit/?id=d49fd968963909f181423eae46c613189468fac3) 
+- 2003-06-07 [Initial JOAL code commit](https://jogamp.org/cgit/joal.git/commit/?id=5f9e58c5b1a23119a63dfb1e76e73349858439db)
+- 2004-02-18 [JOGL version 1.0.0-b01](https://jogamp.org/cgit/jogl.git/commit/?id=9b0fa9dad2b196d8f86e5e6b575deadac059e877)
+- 2006-01-15 [GlueGen separation from JOGL, own project + repo](https://jogamp.org/cgit/gluegen.git/commit/?id=df0f5636884b212bcc7a2d9b1b61c195bba79621)
+- 2007-03-13 [JSR-231](https://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr231/index.html) [1st Maintencance Release](https://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/maintenance/jsr231/231ChangeLog.html)
+- 2007-04-19 [JOGL Version 1.1.0](https://jogamp.org/cgit/jogl.git/commit/?id=7fe08dd72d240c8b74617424595bcc65334b78db)
+- 2008-04-29 [JSR-231](https://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr231/index.html) [2nd Maintencance Release](https://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/maintenance/jsr231/231ChangeLog.html)
+- 2008-04-30 [JOGL Version 1.1.1](https://jogamp.org/cgit/jogl.git/commit/?id=547be0683b524e35a82f9461a0b93d95b8e74849)
+- 2008-05-22 [JOGL on an embedded Nvidia APX 2500 (Tegra1), JavaOne 2008](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeupVAMnvFA)
+- 2008-06-01 [JOGL 2 Start: NEWT, NativeWindow abstraction, OpenGL profiles, ...](https://jogamp.org/cgit/jogl.git/commit/?id=806564c9599510db2bb0e2d0e441ca6ad8068aa0)
+- 2008-12-xx [OpenMAX and JOGL GL ES2 on embedded Nvidia APX 2500 (Tegra1)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6Lkw3eZK1w)
+- 2009-06-16 [Merged JOGL 2 Branch: NEWT, NativeWindow abstraction, OpenGL profiles, ...](https://jogamp.org/cgit/jogl.git/log/?h=JOGL_2_SANDBOX)
+- 2009-07-09 [completed git migration](https://jogamp.org/cgit/jogl.git/commit/?id=9d910cf21fb8a61e3a1604f6258364c3b725964d), see also [this blog](https://jausoft.com/blog/2009/07/08/svn-to-git-migration-1/) 
+- 2009-07-24 [Initial JOCL commit](https://jogamp.org/cgit/jocl.git/commit/?id=1737ee672c05d956a99a91d9894556230f6363bc)
+- 2009-10-02 [Adding embedded Intel-GDL support (NEWT, EGL, ES2) to JOGL](https://jogamp.org/cgit/jogl.git/commit/?id=52c3caf07ad07fcb029ea584d7e5f4c5031f84c2)
+- 2009-10-10 [JOGL Plugin3 Integration](https://jogamp.org/cgit/jogl.git/commit/?id=2268a6ce8a900ae7aa9f20d5f595f811185574a9)
+
+### JogAmp Period
+- 2009-11-10 [Away from Sun Microsystems](https://jogamp.org/cgit/jogl.git/commit/?id=87eb12f5846ccef587c5945ced99b778bcd67ba6), see also [this blog](https://jausoft.com/blog/2009/11/09/jogl-is-dead-long-live-jogl/) 
+- 2010-05-07 [JogAmp launch ...](https://jausoft.com/blog/2010/05/07/jogamp-org-wip/) 
+- 2010-10-01 [NEWT/AWT Reparenting](https://jogamp.org/cgit/jogl.git/commit/?id=fd87de826f391bf490fdb1e4b8b659348d21324b)
+- 2010-11-23 [JogAmp RC v2.0-rc1](https://jogamp.org/cgit/jogl.git/commit/?id=ce3508aa66b9a40974cce2988094d0edc68b30f4)
+- 2011-02-20 [JogAmp Production Home in Germany](https://jausoft.com/blog/2011/02/20/jogamp-production-lifecycle-fun/) 
+- Resolution Independent NURBS @ GPU (the essential _GraphUI toolkit_) 
+  - 2011-04-01 [First artifacts](https://jausoft.com/blog/2011/04/01/resolution-independent-gpu-accelerated-curve-font-rendering/) 
+  - 2011-10-05 [Paper and software release](https://jausoft.com/blog/2011/10/05/jogljogamp-red-square-moscow-nurbs-graphicon2011/) 
+- 2011-08-17 [Work on embedded devices and Android](https://jausoft.com/blog/2011/08/17/jogl-embedded-device-status-p1/) 
+- 2012-04-19 Added [streaming audio/video player, JOGL on desktop & mobile status](https://jausoft.com/blog/2012/04/19/jogljogamp-status-update/) 
+- 2013-07-24 First [JogAmp Release 2.0.2](https://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php?title=SW_Tracking_Report_Objectives_for_the_release_2.0.2_of_JOGL) 
+- 2015-03-11 [JogAmp Release 2.3.0](https://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php?title=SW_Tracking_Report_Objectives_for_the_release_2.3.0) 
+- 2015-10-10 [JogAmp Release 2.3.2](https://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php?title=SW_Tracking_Report_Objectives_for_the_release_2.3.2) 
+- 2015-11-08 [JOCL: OpenCL 2.0 Support](https://jogamp.org/cgit/jocl.git/commit/?id=edd9720fbb570e0fe177cc41d3612084ea8a7b17)
+- JogAmp on iOS 
+  - 2019-06-23 [First iOS Visuals](https://jausoft.com/blog/2019/06/23/jogamp-ios-arm64-port-first-visuals/), running on my [own custom OpenJDK build](https://jausoft.com/blog/2019/06/17/jogamp-ios-arm64-bring-up/) 
+  - 2019-07-08 Fully working [NEWT + JOGL on iOS](https://jausoft.com/blog/2019/07/08/jogamp-ios-arm64-port-newt/) 
+- 2019-11-30 [Java11, support for DRM/GBM and iOS etc](https://jausoft.com/blog/2019/11/30/jogamp-2-4-0-release-feature-freeze-complete/) 
+- 2023-01-15 Added MacOS aarch64 support
+- 2023-01-22 Added SWT 4.26 support (JOGL)
+- 2023-01-31 Added NEWT Windows/X11 (Soft) PixelScale support (JOGL)
+- 2023-02-01 [JogAmp Release 2.4.0](https://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php/SW_Tracking_Report_Objectives_for_the_release_2.4.0)
+- 2023-02-24 [FFmpeg Binding Update](https://jausoft.com/blog/2023/02/24/jogamps-jogl-ffmpeg-binding-update/)
+- [Revamp Graph Type Rendering and Graph UI](https://jausoft.com/blog/tag/graph_type_rendering/)
+  - 2023-02-22 [Reimagine Java on Desktop & Bare-Metal Devices](https://jausoft.com/blog/2023/02/22/reimagine-java-on-desktop-bare-metal-devices/)
+  - 2023-04-10 [Type Animation Update 2](https://jausoft.com/blog/2023/04/10/graphui-type-animation-update-2/)
+  - 2023-04-14 [FontView App (Micro FontForge)](https://jausoft.com/blog/2023/04/14/graphui-fontview-app-micro-fontforge/)
+  - 2023-05-23 [JOAL/OpenAL + GraphUI](https://jausoft.com/blog/2023/05/23/joal-openal-graphui-spatial-sound-in-your-ui-jogamp-v2-5-0-notes/)
+- 2023-05-06 [Supported MacOS Version](https://jogamp.org/cgit/gluegen.git/tree/doc/JogAmpMacOSVersions.md)
+- 2023-05-15 Fixed [DPI Scaling with AWT and AWT+NEWT](https://forum.jogamp.org/DPI-scaling-not-working-tp4042206p4042603.html) (JOGL)
+- 2023-05-20 [JOAL: OpenAL-Soft v1.23.1](https://openal-soft.org/), [git about](https://jogamp.org/cgit/joal.git/about/), [www face](https://jogamp.org/joal/www/).
+
+### Conferences 
+- JavaOne [2002 (GL4Java)](https://jogamp.org/jogl/www/3167.pdf), [2003](https://jogamp.org/jogl/www/2125.pdf), [2004](https://jogamp.org/jogl/www/ts1361.pdf), [2006](https://jogamp.org/jogl/www/bof0899.pdf), [2007](https://jogamp.org/jogl/www/BOF-3908-JOGL-slides.pdf), [2008](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeupVAMnvFA)
+- Siggraph [2010](https://jogamp.org/doc/siggraph2010/jogamp-siggraph2010.pdf), [2011](https://jogamp.org/doc/siggraph2011/jogamp-siggraph2011.pdf), [2012](https://jogamp.org/doc/siggraph2012/), [2013](https://jogamp.org/doc/siggraph2013/), [2014](https://jogamp.org/doc/siggraph2014/)
+- Fosdem [2013](https://jogamp.org/doc/fosdem2013/), [2014](https://jogamp.org/doc/fosdem2014/)
+
+### Papers
+Santina, Rami. Resolution Independent NURBS Curve Rendering using Programmable Graphics Pipeline. GraphiCon'2011. [Paper](https://jogamp.org/doc/gpunurbs2011/p70-santina.pdf), [Slides](https://jogamp.org/doc/gpunurbs2011/graphicon2011-slides.pdf), [Initial Blog](https://jausoft.com/blog/2011/10/05/jogljogamp-red-square-moscow-nurbs-graphicon2011/), [Blog Series](https://jausoft.com/blog/tag/graph_type_rendering/)
 
+## Acknowledgments
 The JogAmp Community is grateful for all the contributions
 of all of the individuals who have advanced the project. 
 For sure we are not able to list all of them here.
 Please contact us if you like to be added to this list.
 
 This list can hardly cover all contributors and their contributions.
-You may like to check the author field of our SCM.
 
-(Chronological)
+Since roughly 2010, JOGL development has been continued
+by individuals of the JogAmp community, see git log for details.
+
+### Chronological
+Sven Gothel created [*OpenGL™ for Java™ (GL4Java)*](#opengl-for-java-gl4java)
+in March 1997 and maintained it up until March 2003.
+
+Kenneth Bradley Russell and Christopher John Kline 
+[launched JOGL @ Sun Microsystems](#gluegen-joal-and-jogl-at-sun-microsystems) 
+in 2003 having authored the first version.
 
 Gerard Ziemski contributed the original port of JOGL to Mac OS X.
 
@@ -117,23 +202,37 @@ The following individuals made significant contributions to various
 areas of the project (Alphabetical):
 
 - Michael Bien
+- Artur Biesiadowski
+- Travis Bryson
+- Nathan Parker Burg
+- Lilian Chamontin
 - Alban Cousinié
+- Pepijn Van Eeckhoudt
 - Athomas Goldberg
+- Sven Gothel
 - Julien Gouesse
+- Rob Grzywinski 
 - Yuri Vladimir Gushchin
+- Christopher John Kline 
 - Martin Pernollet
 - Gregory Pierce
 - Emmanuel Puybaret
+- Xerxes Rånby
+- Alex Radeski
+- Daniel Rice
+- Kevin Rushforth
+- Kenneth Bradley Russell
+- Rami Santina
 - Dominik Ströhlein (DemoscenePassivist)
+- Dmitri Trembovetski
 - Wade Walker
+- James Walsh (GKW)
 - Carsten Weisse
+- Gerard Ziemski
 
 The JogAmp Community is grateful for the support of the
-javagaming.org community and it's own JogAmp forum, 
+javagaming.org community and it's [own JogAmp forum](http://forum.jogamp.org/), 
 from where dozens, if not hundreds, of individuals have 
 contributed discussions, bug reports, bug fixes, and other forms of support.
 
-+++
-
-*RSantina:* [Resolution Independent NURBS Curve Rendering using Programmable Graphics Pipeline](https://jausoft.com/blog/2011/10/05/jogljogamp-red-square-moscow-nurbs-graphicon2011/)