April 20, 1996 The developers of AdeptXBBS have made the difficult decision to stop selling AdeptXBBS. On April 30, 1996 our underlying license with Mark Kimes will lapse and we will no longer have the right to sell AdeptXBBS. We have decided that if we can't sell AdeptXBBS, we will give it away. AdeptSoft of Boca Raton, Florida today announced the "Freeware" release of AdeptXBBS with AdeptREXX. In the near future, AdeptSoft will release limited source code to the public domain to enable 3rd party developers to expand the functionality of AdeptXBBS. AdeptSoft will continue to hold the copyright to AdeptXBBS. AdeptSoft will periodically release new versions of the Freeware product to fix known bugs. AdeptSoft will discontinue its official online support concurrent with the freeware release. The AdeptSoft Support BBS (bbs.adeptsoft.com) will close on April 30th. A 16 node freeware version will be released on public FTP sites. This version will be fully functional. AdeptXBBS' Internet module will be released as Demoware. This module is in the process of being rewritten and the completed Internet module will be distributed at no cost to registered sysops. The Internet Module will be made available for sale to non-registered sysops. It is our hope that a Freeware product will find a "market" that the shareware product was unable to establish. The developers of AdeptXBBS wish to thank the users, both registered and unregistered, who have helped and supported us through the development and launch of AdeptXBBS. Developing AdeptXBBS has been a labor of love of over 6 man years. We wish that our "baby" had found more homes but AdeptXBBS has been on artifical support for the12 of the last 15 months. We are no longer in the position to devote our lives to developing a product that cannot support itself in the marketplace. We would have gladly continued if it weren't for the stark reality of underlying license agreements, license payments, computer costs, Internet lines, telephone costs, etc. John Morris, Gordon Zeglinski and John Lawlor