[postgis-tickets] r16402 - Intro hasn't been edited in 10 years. Get rid of some statements no longer true and amend to reflect it's no longer a single company project

[Regina Obe]

Author: robe
Date: 2018-02-21 15:14:47 -0800 (Wed, 21 Feb 2018)
New Revision: 16402

Modified:
   trunk/doc/introduction.xml
Log:
Intro hasn't been edited in 10 years. Get rid of some statements no longer true and amend to reflect it's no longer a single company project

Modified: trunk/doc/introduction.xml
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--- trunk/doc/introduction.xml	2018-02-21 14:31:32 UTC (rev 16401)
+++ trunk/doc/introduction.xml	2018-02-21 23:14:47 UTC (rev 16402)
@@ -2,21 +2,20 @@
 <chapter id="postgis_introduction">
   <title>Introduction</title>
 
-  <para>PostGIS was developed by Refractions Research Inc, as a spatial
+  <para>PostGIS was created by Refractions Research Inc, as a spatial
   database technology research project. Refractions is a GIS and database
   consulting company in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, specializing in
-  data integration and custom software development. We plan on supporting and
-  developing PostGIS to support a range of important GIS functionality,
-  including full OpenGIS support, advanced topological constructs (coverages,
-  surfaces, networks), desktop user interface tools for viewing and editing
-  GIS data, and web-based access tools.</para>
+  data integration and custom software development.</para>
 
-
-  <para>PostGIS is an incubation project of the OSGeo Foundation. PostGIS is being continually improved and funded by many FOSS4G Developers as well
+	<para>PostGIS is now a project of the OSGeo Foundation and is now developed and funded by many FOSS4G Developers as well
     as corporations all over the world that gain great benefit from its functionality and versatility.</para>
+	<para>The PostGIS project development group plans on supporting and
+  enhancing PostGIS to better support a range of important GIS functionality
+	in the areas of OpenGIS and SQL/MM spatial standards, advanced topological constructs (coverages,
+  surfaces, networks), a datasource used by desktop user interface tools for viewing and editing
+  GIS data, and web-based access tools.</para>
 
 
-
   <sect1 id="psc">
 	<title>Project Steering Committee</title>
 	<para>