7.0.0rc2

Author: quantum-leaps

README.md

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 ![QP Framework](doxygen/images/qp_banner.jpg)
 
 > **NOTE:** If your company has a policy forbidding open source in your
-product, all QP frameworks can be
+products, all QP frameworks can be
 [licensed commercially](https://www.state-machine.com/licensing),
 in which case you don't use any open source license and you do not violate
 your policy.
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 QP/C++ (Quantum Platform in C++) is a lightweight, open source
 [Real-Time Embedded Framework (RTEF)][RTEF] for building modern embedded
 software as systems of asynchronous, event-driven [active objects][Active]
-(actors). The [QP/C++] framework is a member of a larger [QP] family
-consisting of [QP/C], [QP/C++], and [QP-nano] frameworks, which are all
-strictly quality controlled, thoroughly documented, and [commercially
-licensable][Lic].
+(actors). The [QP/C++] framework is a member of a [QP] family consisting of
+[QP/C] and [QP/C++] frameworks, which are strictly quality controlled,
+thoroughly documented, and [commercially licensable][Lic].
 
 ## Safer Model of Concurrency
 The [QP] framework family is based on the [Active Object][Active] (**actor**)
@@ -99,11 +98,11 @@ as ARM Cortex-M (M0/M0+/M3/M4/M7).
 QP/C++ can also work with a traditional RTOS, such as ThreadX, FreeRTOS, embOS,
 uC/OS-II and TI-RTOS, as well as with (embedded) Linux (POSIX) and Windows.
 
-## Maturity
-With 60,000 downloads a year, the [QP] family is the most popular such
-solution on the embedded software market. It provides a modern, reusable
-architecture for embedded applications, which combines the active-object
-model of concurrency with hierarchical state machines.
+## Popularity and Maturity
+With 20 years of continuous development, over [350 commercial licensees][Cust],
+and many times more open source users worldwide, the QP™ frameworks are the
+most popular such offering on the market. They power countless electronic
+products ranging from implantable medical devices to complex weapon systems.
 
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 # QP/C++ Licensing
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 product, all QP frameworks can be [licensed commercially][Lic], in which case
 you don't use any open source license and you do not violate your policy.
 
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 # QP/C++ Documentation
 The **QP/C++ Manual** is located online at: https://www.state-machine.com/qpcpp
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    [Active]: <https://www.state-machine.com/active-object>
    [HSM]: <https://www.state-machine.com/fsm#HSM>
    [Lic]: <https://www.state-machine.com/licensing>
+   [Cust]: <https://www.state-machine.com/customers>
    [AN]: <https://www.state-machine.com/doc/AN_Getting_Started_with_QP.pdf>
    [Video]: <https://youtu.be/O7ER6_VqIH0>