On the Future Development of Maximus

by Scott Dudley, 12/31/98

As of 12/31/98, Lanius will no longer be selling Maximus and Squish, its two BBS-related products. Due to the changing marketplace, and particularly due to the impact of the Internet, we have decided not to pursue further development of these products.

However, this does not mean that we are going to "abandon" the products:

For existing commercial users, we will continue to provide help and support as we always have. (For most users, this means one year of support from the date of purchase.)

Lanius is also committed to providing a version of our software which is fully Year 2000 compliant. This will happen in the near future, and it will be available at no charge to all users of Maximus.

Last, but not least, we are also planning to make the Maximus source code available under the GNU Public License (or some variation thereof). This will allow third-party software developers to enhance and modify Maximus for their own purposes. This code will not be supported, but it will be freely available. (We have not yet set up a timeline for this release, so please do not ask us any questions about it.)

We thank you and we appreciate your support for Maximus over the years, but we also hope that you realize that it is time for us to move on.

With regards,

Scott Dudley

President & CEO