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
