Harmonized the introduction section, added mention of the MongoDB job store and updated the Quartz website link

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@@ -2,25 +2,34 @@ Advanced Python Scheduler (APScheduler) is a light but powerful in-process task
 scheduler that lets you schedule jobs (functions or any python callables) to be
 executed at times of your choosing.
 
+This can be a far better alternative to externally run cron scripts for
+long-running applications (e.g. web applications), as it is platform neutral
+and can directly access your application's variables and functions.
+
 The development of APScheduler was heavily influenced by the `Quartz
-<http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/>`_ task scheduler written in Java, and
-it provides most of the major features that Quartz does.
+<http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/>`_ task scheduler written in Java.
+APScheduler provides most of the major features that Quartz does, but it also
+provides features not present in Quartz (such as multiple job stores).
 
 
 Features
 ========
 
-* No external dependencies
+* No (hard) external dependencies
 * Thread-safe API
+* Excellent test coverage
 * Configurable scheduling mechanisms (triggers):
+
   * Cron-like scheduling
-  * Delayed scheduling of single fire jobs (like the UNIX "at" command)
-  * Interval-based scheduling of jobs, with configurable start date and
-    repeat count
-* Configurable job stores:
-  * RAM
+  * Delayed scheduling of single run jobs (like the UNIX "at" command)
+  * Interval-based (run a job at specified time intervals)
+* Persistent, stateful jobs
+* Multiple, simultaneously active job stores:
+
+  * RAM 
   * File-based simple database (shelve)
   * `SQLAlchemy <http://www.sqlalchemy.org/>`_ (any supported RDBMS works)
+  * `MongoDB <http://www.mongodb.org/>`_
 
 
 Documentation