-<A HREF="http://www.perl.org">Perl 5.004</A>. Now I know Perl 5.005
-is out and this will almost certainly work with it, but
-<A HREF="http://www.redhat.com">RedHat 5.1</A> comes with 5.004.
-<EM>Be Warned</EM>, earlier versions of
-<A HREF="http://www.redhat.com">RedHat</A> <B>do not</B> come
-with 5.004 as standard, you need to
-<A HREF="ftp://upgrade.redhat.com">upgrade</A><P>
+<A HREF="http://www.perl.org">Perl</A>. Earlier versions of
+Spider required perl 5.004, however it is now <I>STRONGLY</I> recommended
+that you use at least version 5.005_03 as this is the version being used
+in the development of Spider.
+<P>