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diff --git a/TAO/README b/TAO/README
index a4d0102c62e..ad14e600e53 100644
--- a/TAO/README
+++ b/TAO/README
@@ -3,25 +3,27 @@ available, open-source implementation of a CORBA 2.x-compliant ORB
 that supports real-time extensions.  Please see
 www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO.html for more information on TAO.
 
-Detailed information on this version of TAO is available in the 'docs'
-subdirectory in HTML format.
+Detailed information on this version of TAO is available in the
+$TAO_ROOT/docs subdirectory in HTML format.
 
-The current alpha release of TAO contains the following:
+The current release of TAO contains the following components:
 
-     * An ORB Core based on ACE C++ components. This ORB Core provides 3
-       concurrency models: (1) Reactive, (2) Thread-per-Connection,
+     * An ORB Core based on ACE C++ components. This ORB Core provides
+       3 concurrency models: (1) Reactive, (2) Thread-per-Connection,
        and (3) Thread-per-Rate (which is optimized for certain types
        of deterministic real-time systems).
 
-     * An optimized version of the SunSoft IIOP protocol
-       interpreter;
+     * A highly optimized version of the SunSoft IIOP protocol engine.
 
      * An implementation of the Portable Object Adapter (POA)
-       specification. 
+       specification.
 
      * An IDL compiler, based on the SunSoft IDL compiler.  This IDL
-       compiler generates stubs and skeletons that use TAO's
-       optimized IIOP protocol engine.
+       compiler can generate compiled or interpreted stubs/skeletons
+       that use TAO's optimized IIOP protocol engine.  In addition,
+       TAO's IDL compiler generates stubs/skeletons that support both
+       native C++ exceptions and the original CORBA::Environment
+       approach.
 
      * A Real-time Scheduling Service that determines the priority at
        which Client requests are dispatched by the ORB.
@@ -30,8 +32,8 @@ The current alpha release of TAO contains the following:
        real-time.
 
      * Implementations of the CORBA Naming Service, Trading
-       Service, Concurrency Service, Audio/Video Streaming
-       Service, Property Service, and a Logging Service.
+       Service, Concurrency Service, Audio/Video Streaming Service,
+       Property Service, and a Logging Service.
        
      * Many tests illustrating how to use TAO and measuring
        TAO's performance.
@@ -41,9 +43,6 @@ VisiBroker, miniCOOL, and CORBAplus), so we're confident that its
 implementation of IIOP is robust.  We're currently working on the
 following features for TAO:
    
-     * An IDL compiler that generates optimized compiled stubs and
-       skeletons.
-
      * A highly extensible, highly optimized set of request
        demultiplexing strategies that provide constant time lookup of
        servants based on object keys and operation names contained in