* Forwarded (from: BBSA_SOFTWARE) by Dave Garland using timEd 1.01.
* Originally from Bobby Forte (21:1050/0) to All.
* Original dated: Jan 02 '99, 12:42
* Crossposted from: AT : General Message
* I'm not sure where this message from Scott was posted to, but pass it on.
* I see no reason to doubt that it is genuine, but it has not yet appeared
* in MUFFIN here, at least.

On the Future Development of Maximus
by Scott Dudley, 12/31/98 

As of 12/31/98, Lanius will no longer be selling Maximus and Squish, its two
BBS-related products. Due to the changing marketplace, and particularly due
to the impact of the Internet, we have decided not to pursue further
development of these products.  However, this does not mean that we are
going to "abandon" the products:

For existing commercial users, we will continue to provide help and support
as we always have. (For most users, this means one year of support from
the date of purchase.)  Lanius is also committed to providing a version of
our software which is fully Year 2000 compliant. This will happen in the near
future, and it will be available at no charge to all users of Maximus.

Last, but not least, we are also planning to make the Maximus source code
available under the GNU Public License (or some variation thereof). This
will allow third-party software developers to enhance and modify Maximus
for their own purposes. This code will not be supported, but it will be
freely available. (We have not yet set up a timeline for this release, so
please do not ask us any questions about it.)
We thank you and we appreciate your support for Maximus over the years, but
we also hope that you realize that it is time for us to move on.
With regards, 


Scott Dudley 
President & CEO 


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