
Some words about the status of shapeTools-1.4pl6.

This distribution (1.4) will be the last major release of ShapeTools
to be distributed freely. Our time at the Technische Universitaet
Berlin is over by end of the year ('93) and no further funding is in
sight.

Nevertheless, support for ShapeTools will go on. We founded a company
with the goal to provide consultancy, training, and hotline service
for ShapeTools users and for Software Configuration/Quality Management
in general.Our market for consultancy and training will primarily be
Germany. An  electronic mail based hotline service and an update
service for ShapeTools-1.4 will be available world-wide. We will start
with that in Spring '94. Be prepared to pay money for these services
then. We will work out a flyer describing our services and prices. You
can receive this from

	lampen & mahler, software engineering
	Postfach 100509
	10565 Berlin, Germany
	Tel./FAX: +49-30-2189199

Have fun,

Andy Lampen and Axel Mahler
