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@@ -5,32 +5,45 @@ more information on TAO.
 
 The current alpha release of TAO contains the following:
 
-* An optimized ORB Core based on ACE components;
+* An ORB Core based on ACE components and an optimized version of
+  the SunSoft IIOP protocol engine;
 
 * An implementation of a Basic Object Adapter (BOA);
 
-* Various sample applications illustrating how to use the ORB in its
-  current state.
+* Various tests illustrating how to use TAO in its current state.
 
-This release of TAO does not yet contain the following:
+We've gotten TAO to interoperate with other ORBs (e.g., Orbix and
+Visigenic), so we're confident that the implementation of IIOP is
+robust.  However, this alpha release of TAO does not yet contain the
+following:
 
-* An IDL compiler
+* An IDL compiler;
 
-* An real-time version of the new Portable Object Adapter (POA)
+* An real-time version of the new Portable Object Adapter (POA);
 
-* The real-time scheduling service
+* The real-time scheduling service.
 
-We plan to release these features throughout the summer of 1997.
+We're currently working on these features and we plan to release them
+throughout the summer of 1997.  Please note that no amount of proding
+will get them out any faster, unless you are willing to contribute
+time and/or $$$ to the effort.
 
 Please feel free to experiment with, dissect, repair, use, etc., TAO.
 We gratefully accept bug reports, appreciate bug fixes/enhancements,
 and will strive to integrate correct bug fixes quickly!  Just remember
 that TAO does not provide all the features of a commercial ORB at the
-moment.  Moreover, key components in TAO (e.g., the Object Adapter)
-will change substantially over the summer.  Thus, any development
-performed in the interim will require additional effort (e.g., writing
-stubs and skeletons by hand), and applications may need to be
-re-written to work with new features in the forthcoming releases.
-
-Douglas C. Schmidt
-schmidt@cs.wustl.edu
+moment.
+
+Key components in TAO (e.g., the Object Adapter) will change
+substantially over the summer.  Thus, any development performed in the
+interim will require additional effort (e.g., writing stubs and
+skeletons by hand), and applications may need to be re-written to work
+with new features in the forthcoming releases.
+
+If you have any questions, please post them to the ACE mailing list
+(ace-users@cs.wustl.edu) until we get a TAO mailing list established.
+
+Thanks,
+
+	Douglas C. Schmidt
+	schmidt@cs.wustl.edu