egroupware_official/doc/sgml/introduction.sgml

<part label="I">
  <title>Introduction</title>
<partintro>
  <para>
		Do yo have questions on using phpGroupWare , like What? Why? What for? What's in for me?
	</para>
  <para>
		Then you should seriously read this doc :-).
	</para>
</partintro>
<chapter id="what">
  <title>What is phpGroupWare</title>
  <para>
		phpGroupWare is a web based groupware application that includes integrated features such as
    email, calendar, todo list, address book, file manager, headline news, and a trouble ticket system.
    It should run on all systems where PHP is installed and has access to a SQL server (MySQL ,PostgreSQL or Oracle).
  </para>
</chapter>
<chapter id="why">
  <title>Why should you use it</title>
  <para>
    You should use it if you would like a powerful groupware system that can be access from anywhere on the Internet.
  </para>
  <para>
		For companies with a distributed user base, it's an ideal solution. Oh, and did I mention that its FREE?
	</para>
</chapter>
<chapter id="apphis">
  <title>A short History</title>
  <para>
		phpGroupWare started by Jengo (Joseph Engo) as an application to satisfy his girlfriends need for a webbased calendar/todo_list/email. 
		At the time it was called webdistro when Seek3r (Dan Kuykendall) discovered this promising project.
		The two joined up together and between Seek3r's API design and Jengo's programming skills they renamed the project phpGroupWare and started building the application around the phpgwAPI.
	</para>
	<para>
		During this period Seek3r took over project management to free Jengo up to do more development. 
		This duo worked hard to build a sucessful community around the project. Their efforts paid off, and the project is what it is today due to the efforts of the developers who have joined this community.
	</para>
</chapter>
<chapter id="copyright">
  <title>Copyright</title>
	<para>
	  Copyright (c) Dan Kuykendall.
	</para>
	<para>
		  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
  		under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
  		or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation
  		A copy of the license is available at
  	<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.txt">
  		<citetitle>GNU Free Documentation License Making TeXWork</citetitle>
  	</ulink>
  </para>
</chapter>
</part>