<preface id="preface">

    <title>Preface</title>

    <para>

        Welcome to &TCPIUG;.

    </para>

    <para>

        This book describes how you can use the telephone network to

        share the development of &TCAR; with me, in a political system

        where the telephone line is the only communication network

        most people have (still limitted) access to. This book

        provides a guide you and your friends can follow to build your

        own collaborative networks using computers and the telephone

        network of your country.

    </para>

    <para>

        To implement the configurations described in this book, you

        need computers, modem devices, switches (optional), a

        telephone network and need for sharing information with your

        friends.

    </para>

    <para>

        To make the information of this book managable, it has been

        organized in the following parts:

    </para>

    <itemizedlist>

    <listitem>

    <para>

        <xref linkend="connectivity" /> describes ...

    </para>

    </listitem>

    <listitem>

    <para>

        <xref linkend="services" /> describes ...

    </para>

    </listitem>

    <listitem>

    <para>

        <xref linkend="licenses" /> contains the lincense documents

        mentioned in this book.

    </para>

    </listitem>

    </itemizedlist>

    &preface-overview;

    &preface-docconvs;

    &preface-feedback;

</preface>