From 0871e77eb64061bf75759098b4e7651a0ea4b181 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Beman Dawes <bdawes@acm.org>
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 19:32:44 +0000
Subject: Apply Dave Abrahams editorial suggestions

[SVN r29940]
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@@ -32,17 +32,17 @@
             <div class="section-body">
               <div class="section-body-0">
                 <div class="section-body-1">
-                  <p>The Boost web site provides free peer-reviewed portable
+                  <p>Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable
                   C++ source libraries.</p>
 
-                  <p>The emphasis is on libraries which work well with the
-                  C++ Standard Library. The libraries are intended to be
-                  widely useful, and usable by thousands of programmers
+                  <p>We emphasize libraries that work well with the
+                  C++ Standard Library. Boost libraries are intended to be
+                  widely useful, and usable
                   across a broad spectrum of applications. The <a href=
                   "more/license_info.html">Boost license</a> encourages both
                   commercial and non-commercial use.</p>
 
-                  <p>A further goal is to establish "existing practice" and
+                  <p>We aim to establish "existing practice" and
                   provide reference implementations so that Boost libraries
                   are suitable for eventual standardization. Ten Boost
                   libraries are already included in the <a href=
@@ -55,23 +55,21 @@
                   TR2</a>.</p>
 
                   <p class="faq"><span class="faq-question">Getting
-                  started.</span> <span class="faq-answer">You can <a href=
-                  "more/getting_started.html">download, build, and
-                  install</a> the latest Boost release from <a href=
-                  "http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&amp;package_id=8041">
-                  SourceForge</a>. Popular Linux and Unix distributions such
+                  started:</span> <span class="faq-answer">Follow the <a href=
+                  "more/getting_started.html">Getting Started Guide</a>
+                  to download and install Boost. Popular Linux and Unix distributions such
                   as <a href="http://fedora.redhat.com/">Fedora</a>, <a href=
                   "http://www.debian.org/">Debian</a>, and <a href=
-                  "http://www.netbsd.org/">NetBSD</a> also include pre-built
-                  Boost packages. Or Boost may already be available on your
+                  "http://www.netbsd.org/">NetBSD</a> include pre-built
+                  Boost packages. Boost may already be available on your
                   organization's internal web server.</span></p>
 
                   <p class="faq"><span class=
-                  "faq-question">Background.</span> <span class=
-                  "faq-answer">The <a href="more/background.html">background
-                  information page</a> has introductory material that may be
-                  of interest to managers wondering if their organization
-                  should use Boost.</span></p>
+                  "faq-question">Background:</span> <span class=
+                  "faq-answer">The <a href="more/background.html">Background
+                  Information page</a> has introductory material to help
+                  those educating their organization
+                  about Boost.</span></p>
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               </div>
             </div>
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