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     in several different formats.
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-    Included in this software distribution is a library, libtiff, for
-    reading and writing TIFF, a small collection of tools for doing simple
-    manipulations of TIFF images on UNIX systems,
-    and documentation on the library and
-    tools.  A small assortment of TIFF-related software for UNIX
-    that has been contributed by others is also included.
+    Included in this software distribution is a library, libtiff, for reading
+    and writing TIFF, a small collection of tools for doing simple
+    manipulations of TIFF images, and documentation on the
+    library and tools.  Libtiff is a portable software, it was built and
+    tested on various systems: UNIX flavors (Linux, BSD, Solaris, MacOS X),
+    Windows, OpenVMS.  It should be possible to port libtiff and additional
+    tools on other OSes.
   </p>
   <p>
     The library, along with associated tool programs, should handle most of
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@
     the compression support.
   </p>
   <p>
-    The software was orginally authored and maintained by Sam Leffler.
+    The software was originally authored and maintained by Sam Leffler.
     While he keeps a fatherly eye on the mailing list, he is no longer
     responsible for day to day maintenance.
   </p>
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@
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   <p>
-    Last updated  $Date: 2006-03-23 14:54:01 $.
+    Last updated  $Date: 2006-10-09 16:09:47 $.
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