Maven has been around for almost ten years, but much of its early history is unknown and it's actually interesting. This talk will start with a brief history of how the Maven project started, what the initial goals of the project were, and the problems we were trying to solve. We'll then move into an introduction of the major sub-systems of Maven and how they have evolved over ten years, the ecosystem that has been created and we'll follow that up with a roadmap for the Maven project and discuss what Maven will look like a year from now.