Merge pull request #1676 from bkline/linux-kernel-history

Author: ben

book/01-introduction/sections/history.asc

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 As with many great things in life, Git began with a bit of creative destruction and fiery controversy.
 
 The Linux kernel is an open source software project of fairly large scope.(((Linux)))
-For most of the lifetime of the Linux kernel maintenance (1991–2002), changes to the software were passed around as patches and archived files.
+During the early years of the Linux kernel maintenance (1991–2002), changes to the software were passed around as patches and archived files.
 In 2002, the Linux kernel project began using a proprietary DVCS called BitKeeper.(((BitKeeper)))
 
 In 2005, the relationship between the community that developed the Linux kernel and the commercial company that developed BitKeeper broke down, and the tool's free-of-charge status was revoked.