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@@ -9,28 +9,28 @@ The use cases for BigBlueButton are
   * Small group collaboration 
   * On-line classes (25 or less)
 
-BigBlueButton is built using over (fifteen open source projects) [http://www.bigbluebutton.org/components/].
+BigBlueButton is built using over [fifteen open source projects] (http://www.bigbluebutton.org/components/).
 
 Getting Started
 ===============
-All the core information is at the (Google Code project page) [http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/].  Here are a few quick links
+All the core information is at the [Google Code project page] (http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/).  Here are a few quick links
 
 If you want to see how BigBlueButton works, check out these two videos
-  * (presenter) [http://www.bigbluebutton.org/videos/]
-  * (viewer) [http://www.bigbluebutton.org/videos/]
+  * [presenter] (http://www.bigbluebutton.org/videos/)
+  * [viewer] (http://www.bigbluebutton.org/videos/)
 
-After watching the videos, if you want to immediately try out BigBlueButton, the project maintains a live (demo server) [http://demo.bigbluebutton.org/ that anyone can join.  
+After watching the videos, if you want to immediately try out BigBlueButton, the project maintains a live [demo server] (http://demo.bigbluebutton.org) that anyone can join.  
 
 To quickly get started running your own BigBlueButton server
-  * (Install on Ubunt 10.04 32-bit or 64-bit) [http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/InstallationUbuntu]
-  * (Download the BigBlueButton 0.80 Virtual Machine) [http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/BigBlueButtonVM]
+  * [Install on Ubunt 10.04 32-bit or 64-bit] (http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/InstallationUbuntu)
+  * [Download the BigBlueButton 0.80 Virtual Machine] (http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/BigBlueButtonVM)
 
-See also (history of project) [http://www.bigbluebutton.org/history/].
+See also [history of project] (http://www.bigbluebutton.org/history/).
 
-If you like the work we've done with BigBlueButton and would like to contribute back, see (Contribute to BigBlueButton) [http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/FAQ#Contributing_to_BigBlueButton].
+If you like the work we've done with BigBlueButton and would like to contribute back, see [Contribute to BigBlueButton] (http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/FAQ#Contributing_to_BigBlueButton).
 
 License
 =======
 BigBlueButton is licensed under the LGPL 2.1+.
 
-BigBlueButton and the BigBlueButton Logo are trademarks of (BigBlueButton Inc) [http://bigbluebutton.org] .
+BigBlueButton and the BigBlueButton Logo are trademarks of [BigBlueButton Inc] (http://bigbluebutton.org) .