/** @page README README.first 
 *
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 *  Copyright (C) 2001 System/Technology Development Corporation
 *  This file is part of QoS Metric Services
 * 
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 *  </PRE>

 This file serves as the starting point for everyone who wishes to
 understand how to build, install and run QMS. QMS is under continuous
 development at System/Technology Development Corporation. To obtain
 the latest version of QMS, please visit the S/TDC web site at
 http://www.stdc.com/QMS. 

 The documentation for QMS is distributed throughout the source
 code. This file serves as a ready guide to help you find the various
 pieces of interest. Note that to get a thorough insight into QMS and
 its operation, we recommend that you do build the QMS documentation
 as described in @ref README.install.

 The files described below are included in the Documentation
 subdirectory and serve as a good starting point to beginning with
 QMS.

 Contents

     - @ref README.background
       - This file gives you the background necessary to understand
       the various pieces of QMS and the terminology in it.
     
     - @ref README.install 
       - This file includes documentation on the system requirements
       to use QMS and the procedure to build QMS and install it.	

     - @ref README.run
       - This file describes the steps to start deploying Sensors and
       Probes in a QMS framework.

*/