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+Apache Qpid is a high-speed, language independent, platform
+independent enterprise messaging system. It currently provides two
+messaging brokers (one implemented in C++, one implemented in Java),
+and messaging client libraries for Java JMS, C++, C# .NET, Python,
+Ruby, and WCF. The messaging protocol for Apache Qpid is AMQP
+(Advanced Message Queuing Protocol). You can read more about Qpid
+here:
+
+  http://qpid.apache.org/
+
+Documentation can be found here:
+
+  http://qpid.apache.org/documentation.html
+
+Qpid includes many components, which are built in various ways. Each
+component has a README.txt. Here are the subdirectories that contain
+the basic components:
+
+Messaging Broker (implemented in C++):
+
+  ./cpp
+
+Messaging Broker (implemented in Java):
+
+  ./java
+
+C++ Messaging Client Libraries
+
+  ./cpp
+
+Java JMS Client Libraries
+
+  ./java/client
+
+Python Client Libraries
+
+  ./python
+
+Ruby Client Libraries
+
+  ./ruby
+
+.NET Client Libraries
+
+  ./dotnet
+
+WCF Support
+
+  ./wcf
+
+Messaging Client (implemented in Ruby):
+
+  ./ruby
+
+Management Tools (implemented in Python):
+
+  ./tools
+
+Management Tools (implemented in Java):
+
+  ./java/management
+
+Documentation:
+
+  ./doc
+
+
+Further information about the organization of Qpid source components may
+be found in ./doc/dev-readme/QPID-0.8-Component-README.pdf.