[Papyrus-L] Important Papyrus news

[Dave Goldman, Research Software Design]

The Good News
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The legal situation that has prevented me from discussing Research Software
Design company plans is now resolved.

This was a lawsuit filed against us by a company that claimed the right to
use our <rsd.com> domain name. Their case was without merit, but the nature
of the legal system is such that after both sides had spent an absurd
amount of time and money, we finally reached a settlement in which that
company will next year buy the <rsd.com> domain name from us.


The Neutral News
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We are changing our domain name from <rsd.com> to
<ResearchSoftwareDesign.com>. This applies both to our address on the Web
and to our e-mail addresses.

<rsd.com> will continue to work correctly through June 2002. However, you
should now change your bookmarks and address books to use
<ResearchSoftwareDesign.com> so that you will avoid difficulties in
reaching us in the future.


The Bad News
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Research Software Design no longer plans to develop further versions of
Papyrus.

We have been working for the past several years on a full Windows version
of Papyrus. Unfortunately, we no longer have the resources to continue this
project, which remains far from completion.

We also have no current plans to produce a native Macintosh OS X version of
Papyrus, nor a Linux version.

We will continue to sell and support the current editions of Papyrus --
Version 7.0.16c for DOS/Windows and Version 8.0.10 for Macintosh.


-- Dave Goldman (dave at ResearchSoftwareDesign.com)

   Research Software Design            The PAPYRUS Bibliography System
   617 SW Hume Street
   Portland OR 97219-4458 (U.S.A.)     503-796-1368, fax 503-452-8920

   Technical Support: support at ResearchSoftwareDesign.com
     Other Questions: info at ResearchSoftwareDesign.com
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