[comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ] ISODE status

mrose@CHEETAH.NYSER.NET (Marshall Rose) (08/08/89)

1. Due to various reasons, the funding for ISODE booth at Interop fell
through, so I've cancelled the booth.  In the NYSERNet booth, we will be
showing White Pages running on top of OSI Directory in the Internet.

2. I was going to release 6.0 right after Interop, but this cancellation
allows me to push the ISODE 6.0 release date back  until year's end.
The 6.0 release will have a hardened Directory in it.  It will have the
first release of message handling.  Aside from about 50 bug fixes and
minor enhancements, that will be it.

This means that the final development release, ISODE 7.0, will be coming
out in approximately the October, 1990 timeframe.  This will contain the
hardened MHS and the usual assortment of bug fixes.  Prior to that time,
maintenance responsibilities will be delegated to a responsible
organization.  

/mtr