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     <title>Preface</title>
 
+    <para>
+        Welcome to &TCPIUG;, the official documentation of &TCPI;.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+        This book describes the infrastructure of &TCP;, its
+        components and how you can contribute to make it better. If
+        you are a system administrator interested in making &TCP; a
+        better project, this book is definitly for you. 
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+        To make the information in 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;