[mapserver-commits] r8328 - trunk/docs

[svn at osgeo.org]

Author: tomkralidis
Date: 2008-12-29 18:48:00 -0500 (Mon, 29 Dec 2008)
New Revision: 8328

Modified:
   trunk/docs/index.txt
Log:
revise intro text to be less negating


Modified: trunk/docs/index.txt
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--- trunk/docs/index.txt	2008-12-29 22:26:54 UTC (rev 8327)
+++ trunk/docs/index.txt	2008-12-29 23:48:00 UTC (rev 8328)
@@ -9,14 +9,16 @@
  Welcome to MapServer
 *****************************************************************************
 
-MapServer is an `Open Source`_ geographic data rendering engine, released
-under an :ref:`MIT-style license <license>`. MapServer is *not* a
-full-featured `GIS`_ system, nor does it aspire to be, and it runs on
-:ref:`windows`, :ref:`linux`, and :ref:`osx`. The MapServer :ref:`Project
-Steering Committee (PSC)<rfc23>`, sanctioned by `OSGeo`_, manages and
-administers the project which is maintained, improved, and supported by
-developers from around the world.
+MapServer is an `Open Source`_ geographic data rendering engine which enables
+spatial data publishing to the web, as well as creating interactive mapping
+applications. MapServer is released under an :ref:`MIT-style license <license>`,
+and runs :ref:`windows`, :ref:`linux`, and :ref:`osx`.  The MapServer
+:ref:`Project Steering Committee (PSC)<rfc23>`, sanctioned by `OSGeo`_,
+manages and administers the project which is maintained,
+improved, and supported by developers from around the world.
 
+:ref:`More About MapServer <about>`
+
 .. raw:: html
 
     </td><td width="50%" style="width:50%;height:100%"> <div id="olmap" style="width:100%;height:100%;margin:0px;"></div></td></tr><tr style="margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px"><td colspan="2" style="text-align:right"><span style="width:100%;text-align:right;font-size:x-small;">map data by <a href="http://openstreetmap.org">openstreetmap</a></td></tr></table>