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+Introduction
+============
+
+sfive - SpreadSpace Streaming Statistics Suite is a generic
+statistic collection tool for streaming server infrastuctures.
+The system collects and stores meta data like number of views
+and throughput from a number of streaming servers and stores
+it in a global data store.
+The data acquisition is designed to be generic and extensible in
+order to support different streaming software.
+sfive also contains tools and applications to filter and visualize 
+live and recorded data.
+
+
+Dependencies
+============
+
+tba....
+
+
+Installation/Usage
+==================
+
+Getting the source via git:
+---------------------------
+
+git clone git://git.spreadspace.org/sfive.git
+cd sfive/
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+tba...