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PR: AdeptSoft Restructuring; AdeptXBBS 1.07 Released
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jlawlor@adeptsoft.com)
Mon Mar 11 12:57:58 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 9 Mar 1996 20:49:10 GMT
From: jlawlor@adeptsoft.com
Reply-To: jlawlor@adeptsoft.com
Reply-To: jlawlor@adeptsoft.com
Submitted by: jlawlor@adeptsoft.com
Source: AdeptSoft
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AdeptSoft Announces New Technological Leadership
and the Release of Version 1.07
Boca Raton, FL, March 1, 1996
AdeptSoft CEO, John Lawlor, today announced a restructuring that includes a
new President (John Morris) and new Chief Technology Officer (Gordon
Zeglinski). Also announced was the release of version 1.07 of its OS/2 BBS
(Bulletin Board Server) software, AdeptXBBS.
"In the technology business, companies have to decide whether they are going
to run like a rabbit, a turtle or in between. Last year, AdeptSoft added
features and more features before bugs were fixed. We tried to run like a
rabbit all last year resulting in many unkept promises and unhappy customers.
This restructuring of AdeptSoft will turn us into a "tur-bit"--- "tur" for
products that are solid and dependable and "bit" for a speedy resolution of
bugs and responsive customer support," stated Lawlor.
John Morris added, "We are firmly committed to making AdeptXBBS the best, most
dependable 32-bit BBS product on the market... on any operating system...
period. We are also committed to quality, timely customer support and a rapid
resolution of reproduceable bugs. As of March 15th, we will be releasing
weekly updates with tweeks and bug fixes for that week.
Gordon Zeglinski added, "A great deal of rewriting has gone into AdeptXBBS
1.07 to clear up issues and complaints that have been talked about in the
various online echos and forums. Some issues have been long standing, others
crept into the last two versions that were rushed to release late last year.
Before adding new features we will make certain that the existing ones are
rock-solid. Before making new promises we will do our best to fulfill previous
promises."
John Morris, a veteran Sysop and communications software expert was the
original AdeptXBBS co-developer with Steven Tower. He was formerly Senior VP,
Software Engineering at AdeptSoft and a founding partner of AdeptSoft.
Gordon Zeglinski, a founding partner of Adeptsoft, has a BSc in Mechanical
Engineering and a MSc in Solid Mechanics. He has been developing applications
for DOS, Windows 3.x and OS/2 for 14 years. He is also President of
AdeptSoft's Canadian Division.
Steven Tower, co-founder of AdeptSoft has resigned his position as President
of AdeptSoft to pursue other interests.
"Despite the complaints from the traditional BBS market, we have developed a
strong corporate following for AdeptXBBS. Corporations like the control and
configurability available through our extensive REXX programming functions. In
fact, if a necessary function doesn't exist in REXX we will negotiate a
"Custom Solution" contract to build the needed REXX functions into the
software. Several large applications are being built in REXX on top of
AdeptXBBS using custom REXX functions. AdeptXBBS is a great choice if a
company is looking for a workhorse, Internet savvy BBS, especially if it needs
to interface with AS400 type machines."
Lawlor continued, "That trend will continue as people look at version 1.07,
the first release under the technical leadership of John Morris and Gordon
Zeglinski with solid input from the Wizards of Adept."
The Wizards of Adept, an independent AdeptXBBS Sysop group led by Julie
Strietelmeier, head of AdeptXBBS Tech Support, was formed late last year as a
way of creating better communication with AdeptXBBS Sysops. "By validating
bugs and evaluating BBS feature requests, the Wizards bring a strong user
perspective to decisions that are traditionally left completely to a product's
developers," stated Strietelmeier.
AdeptXBBS version 1.07 is distributed as a limited trial edition. It allows
all features of the BBS software to be tested on single line until May 31st,
1996.
The latest version is available on:
hobbes.nmsu.edu in the incoming OS2 directory.
ftp.adeptsoft.com in adept_releases directory
Support BBS telnet bbs.adeptsoft.com or 812-342-6546
Sales Information is available from sales@adeptsoft.com
WWW http://www.adeptsoft.com
Phone: 407-483-1146 fax 407-483-2480
Corporate sales and Custom Solution information is available
from John Lawlor 407-483-1146 jlawlor@adeptsoft.com.
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