QPID-7756: remove stale introduction that we link past anyway
diff --git a/docs/book/src/programming/Programming-In-Apache-Qpid.xml b/docs/book/src/programming/Programming-In-Apache-Qpid.xml
index 5ae9070..d13ec78 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/programming/Programming-In-Apache-Qpid.xml
+++ b/docs/book/src/programming/Programming-In-Apache-Qpid.xml
@@ -27,43 +27,6 @@
<subtitle>Cross-Platform AMQP Messaging in Java JMS, .NET, C++, and Python</subtitle>
<chapter>
- <title>Introduction</title>
-
- <para>Apache Qpid is a reliable, asynchronous messaging system that
- supports the AMQP messaging protocol in several common programming
- languages. Qpid is supported on most common platforms.
- </para>
-
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- On the Java platform, Qpid uses the
- established <ulink url="http://java.sun.com/products/jms/">Java JMS
- API</ulink>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- For Python, C++, and .NET, Qpid defines its own messaging API, the
- <firstterm>Qpid Messaging API</firstterm>, which is
- conceptually similar in each.
- </para>
- <para>
- On the .NET platform, Qpid also provides a WCF binding.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Ruby will also use the Qpid Messaging API, which will soon
- be implemented. (Ruby currently uses an API that is closely
- tied to the AMQP version).
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter>
<title>Using the Qpid Messaging API</title>
<para>The Qpid Messaging API is quite simple, consisting of only a
