dev-manual: Updates to the "Other Information" section.

This section was VERY dated.

(From yocto-docs rev: 6a12809fdd60c707592fff88a5b246a94d6ca220)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml
index b1ff893ab0..7bc8e148b7 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
             need to supplement it with other information.
             The following list presents other sources of information you might find helpful:
             <itemizedlist>
-                <listitem><para><emphasis>The <ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;'>Yocto Project Website</ulink>:
+                <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;'>Yocto Project Website</ulink>:
                     </emphasis> The home page for the Yocto Project provides lots of information on the project
                     as well as links to software and documentation.</para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para><emphasis>
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@
                 <listitem><para><emphasis>
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;'>Yocto Project Reference Manual</ulink>:</emphasis> This manual is a reference
                     guide to the OpenEmbedded build system known as "Poky."
-                    The manual also contains a reference chapter on Board Support Package (BSP)
-                    layout.</para></listitem>
+                    </para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para><emphasis>
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_ADT_URL;'>Yocto Project Application Developer's Guide</ulink>:</emphasis>
                     This guide provides information that lets you get going with the Application
@@ -122,13 +121,13 @@
                     Having a commonly understood structure encourages standardization.</para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para><emphasis>
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_KERNEL_DEV_URL;'>Yocto Project Linux Kernel Development Manual</ulink>:</emphasis>
-                    This manual describes how to work with Linux Yocto kernels as well as providing a bit
+                    This manual describes how to work with Linux Yocto kernels as well as provides a bit
                     of conceptual information on the construction of the Yocto Linux kernel tree.
                     </para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para><emphasis>
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_PROF_URL;'>Yocto Project Profiling and Tracing Manual</ulink>:</emphasis>
                     This manual presents a set of common and generally useful tracing and
-                    profiling schemes along with their application (as appropriate) to each tool.
+                    profiling schemes along with their applications (as appropriate) to each tool.
                     </para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para><emphasis>
                     <ulink url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZlOu-gLsh0'>
@@ -147,11 +146,13 @@
                     Hob's primary goal is to enable a user to perform common tasks more easily.</para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para><emphasis>
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;/download/build-appliance-0'>
-                    Build Appliance</ulink>:</emphasis> A bootable custom embedded Linux image you can
-                    either build using a non-Linux development system (VMware applications) or download
-                    from the Yocto Project website.
-                    See the <ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;/documentation/build-appliance-manual'>Build Appliance</ulink>
-                    page for more information.</para></listitem>
+                    Build Appliance</ulink>:</emphasis> A virtual machine that
+                    enables you to build and boot a custom embedded Linux image 
+                    with the Yocto Project using a non-Linux development system. 
+                    For more information, see the
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;/documentation/build-appliance-manual'>Build Appliance</ulink>
+                    page.
+                    </para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para><emphasis>
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_BUGZILLA_URL;'>Bugzilla</ulink>:</emphasis>
                     The bug tracking application the Yocto Project uses.
@@ -164,7 +165,9 @@
                         <listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/yocto'></ulink> for a
                             Yocto Project Discussions mailing list.</para></listitem>
                         <listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/poky'></ulink> for a
-                            Yocto Project Discussions mailing list about the Poky build system.</para></listitem>
+                            Yocto Project Discussions mailing list about the 
+                            OpenEmbedded build system (Poky).
+                            </para></listitem>
                         <listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/yocto-announce'></ulink>
                             for a mailing list to receive official Yocto Project announcements for developments and
                             as well as Yocto Project milestones.</para></listitem>
@@ -177,16 +180,6 @@
                     for Yocto Project and Poky discussions: <filename>#yocto</filename> and
                     <filename>#poky</filename>, respectively.</para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para><emphasis>
-                    <ulink url='&OH_HOME_URL;'>OpenedHand</ulink>:</emphasis>
-                    The company that initially developed the Poky project, which is the basis
-                    for the OpenEmbedded build system used by the Yocto Project.
-                    OpenedHand was acquired by Intel Corporation in 2008.</para></listitem>
-                <listitem><para><emphasis>
-                    <ulink url='http://www.intel.com/'>Intel Corporation</ulink>:</emphasis>
-                    A multinational semiconductor chip manufacturer company whose Software and
-                    Services Group created and supports the Yocto Project.
-                    Intel acquired OpenedHand in 2008.</para></listitem>
-                <listitem><para><emphasis>
                     <ulink url='&OE_HOME_URL;'>OpenEmbedded</ulink>:</emphasis>
                     The build system used by the Yocto Project.
                     This project is the upstream, generic, embedded distribution from which the Yocto