Further flushage

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diff --git a/doc/faq b/doc/faq
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--- a/doc/faq
+++ b/doc/faq
@@ -2,27 +2,39 @@
 
 Q: Is Mono a .NET implementation?
    
-A: No.  .NET is a company-wide initiative at Microsoft that encompasses
-   many different areas.  Some components of this initiative have been
-   announced and some others are in the works. 
+A: No.  .NET is a company-wide initiative at Microsoft that
+   encompasses many different areas (the .NET development framework,
+   Passport, Biztalk, their new server products, and anything that is
+   remotely connected to .NET gets the ".NET-stamping" treatment).
+   Some components of this initiative have been announced and some
+   others are in the works.
 
 Q: What is Mono exactly?
    
 A: Mono is a project to implement various technologies developed by
-   Microsoft that have now been submitted to the ECMA for
-   standardization.  
+   Microsoft that have now been submitted to the ECMA Standards Body
+   for standardization.
 
    It contains a number of components:
 
 	<ul>
-		* A Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) system that
-	          contains a class loader, Just-in-time compiler, and
-	          a garbage collecting runtime.
+		* A Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) virtual
+		  machine that contains a class loader, Just-in-time
+		  compiler, and a garbage collecting runtime.
 
-		* A class library. 
+		* A class library that can work with any language
+		  which works on the CLR.
 
 		* A compiler for the C# language, in the future we might work
 	  	  on other compilers that target the Common Language Runtime. 
+
+		  In Windows there are compilers that target the
+		  virtual machine for
+		  href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/thirdparty/default.asp#lang">a
+		  number of languages:</a> Managed C++, Java Script,
+		  Eiffel, Component Pascal, APL, Cobol, Oberon, Perl,
+		  Python, Scheme, Smalltalk, Standard ML, Haskell,
+		  Mercury and Oberon.
 	</ul>
 
    The CLR and the Common Type System (CTS) enables applications and
@@ -62,6 +74,14 @@ Q: When will you ship it?
 A: We do not know when the code will be shipped.  The more
    contributions we get to the project, the sooner it will ship.
 
+   A rough estimate is that we might be able to run our C# compiler on
+   Linux by the end of the year.  This is exciting because we will be
+   running the Windows Executable generated by a Microsoft .NET
+   compiler on the Linux platform. 
+
+   We expect that doing GUI applications will require more work on the
+   class libraries, and that could take another six months.
+
 Q: How can I contribute?
 
 A: Check the <a href="contributing.html">contributing</a> section. 
@@ -69,9 +89,9 @@ A: Check the <a href="contributing.html">contributing</a> section.
 Q: You guys should innovate instead of copying.
 
 A: We are working towards giving free software developers better tools
-   to create better products.  We have decided that we can spend our
+   to create better products.  We have decided that we should spend our
    limited resources towards implementing an existing specification
-   than designing and implementing our own.
+   instead of designing and implementing our own.
 
    Designing and implementing our own is possible, but it makes little
    sense to roll our own just because a specification comes from a
@@ -90,7 +110,8 @@ Q: Will Ximian be able to take on a project of this size?
 
 A: Ximian will not be able to taken on the whole project on its own.
    Mono will be a free software/open source community project, that is
-   the only way we can hope to implement something of this size. 
+   the only way we can hope to implement something of this size.  You
+   can <a href="contributing.html">contribute</a> to this effort.
 
 Q: What pieces will Ximian be working on?
 
@@ -99,8 +120,7 @@ A: We will devote most of our resources to work on the pieces which
    environment.  
 
    The idea is to get Mono to a state of usability that would allow
-   third parties to actually be able to use it for something,
-   until then, we expect few contributions to the project.
+   third parties to actually be able to use it real-world development.
 
    On the other hand, if you have Windows you could start contributing
    now to the class libraries by writting them in C#.
@@ -128,12 +148,10 @@ Q: But .NET does not exist, it is vaporware.
    
 A: Although the `.NET initiative' is still quite nebulous, The .NET Framework
    has been available for some time.  Mono is not an implementation of the .NET
-   initiative, just the framework.
-   Please refer to questions <a href="#q1">1</a> and <a href="#q2">2</a>. 
-
-Q: Will Mono enable thin computing?
+   initiative, just the development framework.
 
-A: Please refer to questions <a href="#q1">1</a> and <a href="#q2">2</a>. 
+   Please refer to questions <a href="#q1">1</a> and <a
+   href="#q2">2</a> for more details.
 
 ** Passport
 
@@ -211,7 +229,7 @@ Q: Is Mono just a new way of writing Web Services?
 A: No.  Please refer to the questions <a href="#q1">1</a> and <a href="#q2">2</a>. 1 and 2. 
 
 Q: If this implements the SDK classes, will I be able to write and
-   execute Web services with this?
+   execute .NET Web Services with this?
    
 A: Yes, you will.
 
@@ -328,9 +346,8 @@ A: Our main intention at Ximian is to be able to develop GNOME
 
 Q: Will you guys reuse XXX?
    
-A: We want to get Mono in the hands of programmers soon.  If it makes
-   sense to use a GPL/LGPL-compatible technology in Mono, we will
-   likely use it. 
+A: We want to get Mono in the hands of programmers soon.  We are
+   interested in reusing existing open source software.
 
 Q: What about Intel's research JIT framework, ORP?