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 [Weaveworks](http://weave.works) is the company that develops Weave -
 the most productive way for developers to connect, observe and control
 Docker containers. To learn about our products, including getting
-started tutorials, visit our [website](http://weave.works), read about
-the
-[1.0 release of Weave](http://blog.weave.works/2015/06/18/weave-1-0-is-out-and-it-is-good/),
-visit our [documentation](http://docs.weave.works) or continue to read
-about some of the more technical aspects of Weave in this readme.
+started tutorials, visit our [website](http://weave.works) and
+[documentation](http://docs.weave.works) or continue to read about
+some of the more technical aspects of Weave in this readme.
 
 # Weave