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 /**
 \page Development Development with MITK
 
 The following items are concerned with the practical use of the MITK library for software development.
 
 Some abstract concepts of MITK are described in \ref Concepts
 
 \section DevelopmentSetup Setting Up MITK
 
+\li \subpage SupportedPlatformsPage
 \li \subpage BuildInstructionsPage
 \li \subpage thirdpartylibs
 
 \section DevelopmentGettingToKnow Getting To Know MITK
 
 \li \subpage DirectoryStructurePage
 \li \subpage TutorialPage
 
 \section DevelopmentWith Developing With MITK
 
 \li \subpage DICOMTesting
 \li \subpage NewPluginPage
 \li \subpage StatemachineEditor
 \li \subpage mitkExtPointsIndex
 \li \subpage KnownProblemsPage
 
 \section DevelopmentContributing Contributing To MITK
 
 \li \subpage DocumentationGuide
 \li \subpage StylesAndNotesPage
 
 */
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+
+Supported Platforms  {#SupportedPlatformsPage}
+===================
+
+MITK is a cross-platform framework and is available for the following platforms:
+
+- Windows
+- Linux/X11
+- Mac OS X
+
+Supported Platforms Details
+---------------------------
+
+The MITK team provides support for the most frequently used platforms and continuously runs testing procedures
+to ensure compatibility. Due to the large amount of possible combinations of operating systems and compiler versions,
+we divide platform support into two test categories (Tier 1 and Tier 2).
+
+Although MITK may be built on a range of platform-compiler combinations, only a subset of these are actively
+support by the MITK development team.
+
+Tier 1 Platforms
+----------------
+
+All Tier 1 platforms are continuously tested by our unit test suite and other internal testing procedures.
+Errors or bugs discovered in these platforms are prioritized and corrected as soon as possible.
+
+| Platform                            | Compilers
+| ----------------------------------- | -----------------------------
+| Ubuntu Linux 11.04 (64-bit)         | As provided by Ubuntu
+| Microsoft Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit) | MSVC 2008 SP1
+| Apple Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion"          | LLVM-GCC as provided by Apple
+
+
+Tier 2 Platforms
+----------------
+
+Tier 2 platforms may or may not be tested on a regular basis. Some Tier 2 platforms are used by individual
+members of the MITK development team on a daily basis and some only receive occasional testing. While we
+strive to support these platforms, MITK users should note that errors may be present in released versions
+as well as in the current master branch.
+
+| Platform                           | Compilers
+| ---------------------------------- | -----------------------------
+| Ubuntu Linux 11.10 (64-bit)        | As provided by Ubuntu
+| Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit)       | MSVC 2010
+| Apple Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" | LLVM-GCC as provided by Apple
+
+
+All platforms not listed above are not officially supported by the MITK team. However, we will happily accept
+contributions to improve support for other platforms.
+