diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 291ecaeeb..a42c94bd3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,36 +1,19 @@
-# Making collaborative editing the standard on the web
+# A really-real time collaborative word processor for the web
+
# About
-Etherpad lite is a really-real time collaborative editor spawned from the Hell fire of Etherpad.
-We're reusing the well tested Etherpad easysync library to make it really realtime. Etherpad Lite
-is based on node.js ergo is much lighter and more stable than the original Etherpad. Our hope
-is that this will encourage more users to use and install a realtime collaborative editor. A smaller, manageable and well
-documented codebase makes it easier for developers to improve the code and contribute towards the project.
+Etherpad is a really-real time collaborative editor maintained by the Etherpad Community.
-**Etherpad vs Etherpad lite**
-
-
- | Etherpad | Etherpad Lite |
-
-
- Size of the folder (without git history) | 30 MB | 1.5 MB |
-
-
- Languages used server side | Javascript (Rhino), Java, Scala | Javascript (node.js) |
-
-
- Lines of server side Javascript code | ~101k | ~9k |
-
-
- RAM Usage immediately after start | 257 MB (grows to ~1GB) | 16 MB (grows to ~30MB) |
-
-
+Etherpad is written in Javascript(99.9%) on both the server and client so it's easy for developers to maintain and add new features. Because of this Etherpad has tons of customizations that you can leverage.
+Etherpad is designed to be easily embeddable and provides a [HTTP API](https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/wiki/HTTP-API)
+that allows your web application to manage pads, users and groups. It is recommended to use the [available client implementations](https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/wiki/HTTP-API-client-libraries) in order to interact with this API.
-Etherpad Lite is designed to be easily embeddable and provides a [HTTP API](https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/wiki/HTTP-API)
-that allows your web application to manage pads, users and groups. It is recommended to use the [available client implementations](https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/wiki/HTTP-API-client-libraries) in order to interact with this API. There is also a [jQuery plugin](https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite-jquery-plugin) that helps you to embed Pads into your website.
-There's also a full-featured plugin framework, allowing you to easily add your own features.
-Finally, Etherpad Lite comes with translations into tons of different languages!
+There is also a [jQuery plugin](https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite-jquery-plugin) that helps you to embed Pads into your website.
+
+There's also a full-featured plugin framework, allowing you to easily add your own features. By default your Etherpad is rather sparce and because Etherpad takes a lot of it's inspiration from Wordpress plugins are really easy to install and update. Once you have Etherpad installed you should visit the plugin page and take control.
+
+Finally, Etherpad comes with translations into most languages! Users are automatically delivered the correct language for their local settings.
**Visit [beta.etherpad.org](http://beta.etherpad.org) to test it live**
@@ -45,7 +28,7 @@ Etherpad works with node v0.8 and v0.10, only. (We don't suppot v0.6)
### Prebuilt windows package
This package works out of the box on any windows machine, but it's not very useful for developing purposes...
-1. Download the windows package