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 [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/triAGENS/ArangoDB.png)](http://travis-ci.org/triAGENS/ArangoDB)
 
 We recently started a new open source project - a nosql database
-called AvocadoDB which became ArangoDB in May 2012.  ArangoDB is
-currently available as a beta version. 
-We want to have a stable version 1 ready soon. A multi server version is planned 
+called AvocadoDB which became ArangoDB in May 2012.  The current
+stable version of ArangoDB is 1.0. A multi server version is planned 
 for the end of 2012. For details see the roadmap.
 
 Key features include: