Changes between Version 13 and Version 14 of WikiStart

Timestamp:

08/17/07 09:36:44 (8 years ago)

Author:

brecht

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WikiStart

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 == Objective ==
 
-The main objective of the !BePorts project is to centralize ports of software to the BeOS platform. This avoids reinvention of the wheel when the person that ported the previous version of a software package didn't provide a patch and seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth.
+The main objective of the !BePorts project is to centralize ports of software to the BeOS platform. This avoids reinvention of the wheel when the person that ported an older version of a software package didn't provide a patch and seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth.
 
 More importantly, solutions to problems faced when porting one application may be valuable when porting another. For this purpose, the PortLog, Trac tickets and the CommonProblems page can be consulted when facing problems. To make this work, some [wiki:Guidelines] should be followed.
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 == Platforms ==
 
-Unfortunately there are a number of differences between the various BeOS platforms when porting software: R5, BONE, Dano, Zeta and now [http://haiku-os.org/ Haiku]. A BePort should ideally build on all of these. While the older platforms are still of importance now, focus will eventually shift to Haiku as it matures.
+Unfortunately there are a couple BeOS platforms: R5, BONE, Dano, Zeta and [http://haiku-os.org/ Haiku]. A BePort should ideally build on all of these. While the older platforms are still of importance now, focus will eventually shift to Haiku as it matures.
 
 == Getting Started ==