FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Don Yacktman
(801)221-0344
don@misckit.com


ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF THE MISCKIT VERSION 2.0.2

OPENSTEP Version of Free Objective-C Object Kit Is Now Available

PROVO, UT, October 21, 1996 -- The next release of the OPENSTEP
MiscKit has been made publically available.  The MiscKit may
be obtained via ftp to the following site:

ftp://ftp.thoughtport.com/pub/next/misckit/MiscKit2.0.2.s.gnutar.gz

If you prefer, you may point your WWW browser at:

http://www.yacktman.com/misckit/index.html

The thoughtport.com site always has the most recent official MiscKit
distribution available in /pub/next/misckit with all previous versions
archived in /pub/next/misckit/old.

This update contains new versions of nearly all of the objects that
actually (sort of) worked in the previous release.  If you are working
with the OPENSTEP MiscKit, this release will be more useful than the
previous release.  Be aware, however, that all previous warnings
still apply to this version of the kit!

This MiscKit release is special in that it is almost useless to
developers using the MiscKit.  That may sound like a joke, but it
isn't.  This release contains ONLY a few basic projects that show
how the OPENSTEP kit will eventually be laid out.  It does NOT
have everything converted yet, though the entire kit has been
run through the OPENSTEP conversion scripts.  This release is
being made so that those interested in participating in the port
can pick it up, see what needs to be done, and pitch in.

If you are hoping to use this in a project, you will be sorely
disappointed with the state and useability of this release, and
should not pick it up.  If you want to help in the porting effort,
then pick it up and dig in!  We can use help from everyone who
wants to pitch in.

Since a press release is too short to give detailed information,
please read the OPENSTEP MiscKit FAQ at:

http://www.misckit.com/faq/openstep.html

An HTML version of the README file for this release, which gives
more specific information about the new MiscKit, is located at:

http://www.misckit.com/READMEs/MK.2.0.2.html

Although the current state of the OPENSTEP kit, to quote Don, "is
pathetic", Don is also quite confident that this kit will become
useful very quickly once everyone has had a full opportunity to
pitch in and help move it along.  New release frequencies while
the OPENSTEP port continues are expected to happen every 2-3 weeks.

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