Mapserver history question

[Allan Doyle]

History question - who put WMS into MapServer?

I poked around and found this 2001 version of Mapserver WMS HOWTO
http://web.archive.org/web/20020616043906/http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc/wms-howto.html

Was it version 3.5 that was the first version with WMS?

I'd like to learn a bit more about when it happened, who pushed for
it, who wrote the code, what the thinking was back then, etc. I think
open source implementations of OGC specs have significantly helped
foster adoption of those specs.

Thanks,

  Allan