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diff --git a/doc/introduction.xml b/doc/introduction.xml
index ef9ffee..37c5fd2 100644
--- a/doc/introduction.xml
+++ b/doc/introduction.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <chapter id="introduction">
- <!-- $Id: introduction.xml,v 1.47 2007-02-05 14:02:27 marc Exp $ -->
+ <!-- $Id: introduction.xml,v 1.49 2007-02-05 14:32:31 marc Exp $ -->
  <title>Introduction</title>
  
  <section id="overview">
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@
         code is open to anybody to read and change under the GPL license.  
       </para>
       <para>
-        &zebra; is a networked component which acts as a reliable &z3950; server 
+        &zebra; is a networked component which acts as a 
+        reliable &z3950; server 
         for both record/document search, presentation, insert, update and 
         delete operations. In addition, it understands the &sru; family of 
-        webservices, which exist in &rest; &get;/&post; and truly &soap; flavors.
+        webservices, which exist in &rest; &get;/&post; and truly
+        &soap; flavors. 
       </para>
       <para>
         &zebra; is available as MS Windows 2003 Server (32 bit) self-extracting
@@ -264,7 +266,7 @@
        <entry>term suggestions</entry>
        <entry><literal>Scan</literal> on a given named index returns all the 
           indexed terms in lexicographical order near the given start
-       term. This can be used to create drop-down menues and search 
+       term. This can be used to create drop-down menus and search 
        suggestions.</entry>
        <entry><xref linkend="querymodel-operation-type-scan"/> and 
        <xref linkend="querymodel-atomic-queries"/>
@@ -586,7 +588,7 @@
       <row>
        <entry>Data size</entry>
        <entry>100 GB of record data</entry>
-       <entry>&zebra; based applications have sucessfully indexed up
+       <entry>&zebra; based applications have successfully indexed up
        to 100 GB of record data</entry>
        <entry></entry>
       </row>
@@ -653,17 +655,17 @@
        <entry>Linux</entry>
        <entry></entry>
        <entry>GNU Linux (32 and 64bit), journaling Reiser or (better)
-       JFS filesystem 
-        on disks. NFS filesystems are not supported.
+       JFS file system 
+        on disks. NFS file systems are not supported.
        GNU/Debian Linux packages are available</entry> 
        <entry><xref linkend="installation-debian"/></entry>
       </row>
       <row>
        <entry>Unix</entry>
-       <entry>tarball</entry>
+       <entry>tar-ball</entry>
        <entry>&zebra; is written in portable C, so it runs on most
        Unix-like systems.
-       Usual tarball install possible on many major Unix systems</entry>
+       Usual tar-ball install possible on many major Unix systems</entry>
        <entry><xref linkend="installation-unix"/></entry>
       </row>
       <row>
@@ -686,7 +688,7 @@
   <para>
    &zebra; has been deployed in numerous applications, in both the
    academic and commercial worlds, in application domains as diverse
-   as bibliographic catalogues, geospatial information, structured
+   as bibliographic catalogues, Geo-spatial information, structured
    vocabulary browsing, government information locators, civic
    information systems, environmental observations, museum information
    and web indexes.
@@ -1010,73 +1012,6 @@
      for details.
    </para>
   </section>  
-
-
- <section id="future">
-  <title>Future Directions</title>
-  
-  <para>
-   These are some of the plans that we have for the software in the near
-   and far future, ordered approximately as we expect to work on them.
-  </para>
-  
-  <para>
-   <itemizedlist>
-
-    <listitem>
-     <para>
-       Improved support for &xml; in search and retrieval. Eventually,
-       the goal is for &zebra; to pull double duty as a flexible
-       information retrieval engine and high-performance &xml;
-       repository.  The recent addition of XPath searching is one
-       example of the kind of enhancement we're working on.
-     </para>
-     <para>
-       There is also the experimental <literal>ALVIS &xslt;</literal>
-       &xml; input filter, which unleashes the full power of &dom; based
-       &xslt; transformations during indexing and record retrieval. Work
-       on this filter has been sponsored by the ALVIS EU project
-       <ulink url="http://www.alvis.info/alvis/"/>. We expect this filter to
-       mature soon, as it is planned to be included in the version 2.0
-       release of &zebra;. 
-     </para>
-    </listitem>
-
-    <listitem>
-     <para>
-       Finalisation and documentation of &zebra;'s C programming
-       &api;, allowing updates, database management and other functions
-       not readily expressed in &z3950;.  We will also consider
-       exposing the &api; through &soap;.
-     </para>
-    </listitem>
-
-    <listitem>
-     <para>
-       Improved free-text searching. We're first and foremost octet jockeys and
-       we're actively looking for organisations or people who'd like
-       to contribute experience in relevance ranking and text
-       searching.
-     </para>
-    </listitem>
-
-   </itemizedlist>
-  </para>
-  
-  <para>
-   Programmers thrive on user feedback. If you are interested in a
-   facility that you don't see mentioned here, or if there's something
-   you think we could do better, please drop us a mail.  Better still,
-   implement it and send us the patches.
-  </para>
-  <para>
-   If you think it's all really neat, you're welcome to drop us a line
-   saying that, too. You can email us on
-   <email>info@indexdata.dk</email>
-   or check the contact info at the end of this manual.
-  </para>
-  
- </section>
 </chapter>
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