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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ We believe that writing correct concurrent & distributed, resilient and elastic
 
 Akka is here to change that.
 
-Using the Actor Model we raise the abstraction level and provide a better platform to build correct concurrent and scalable applications.
+Using the Actor Model we raise the abstraction level and provide a better platform to build correct concurrent and scalable applications. This model is a perfect match for the principles laid out in the [Reactive Manifesto](http://www.reactivemanifesto.org/).
 
 For resilience we adopt the "Let it crash" model which the telecom industry has used with great success to build applications that self-heal and systems that never stop.