Although this list is not appropriate to this kind of discussion, we have to correct several points that Jose-Maria Blasco brings, because they are quite misleading, and in some case not true. Please remember that the EARN Board accepted a plan proposed by EARNTECH to have major EARN developments made under EARN responsibility, by people paid by EARN. The plan being adopted, the EARN Executive committee and the EARN office are now working on its implementation. For clarification: our objective, and I understand that EARNTECH objective was the same when they developped the above mentionned proposal, is to have the development, maintenance and documentation of all EARN tools, either existing today or needed in the future, fully commited and under EARN's responsibility. There are 3 possibilities to achive this: -1- Through part time people paid by EARN (usually through their home institution) -2- Through full time people paid by EARN -3- Through agreement with institutions or individuals willing and commiting to do it without being paid for. Up to now, on point 1, we have an agreement with Ulrich Giese and his management, as he said in a previous mail, and we are working on other possible agreements. On point 2, we already have candidates. Decisions are not taken yet, but will me made as soon as possible. on point 3 we reached several agreements, in particular with Bethold Pasch and IBM ENC management: it is agreed that Berthold continues, at least this year, its support of EARN tools, including but not restricted to NETSERV. For obvious reasons, it is not possible to publish the above mentioned agreements, including those with full time people, before they are concluded. To conclude, when Jose Maria says: >But NOTHING ELSE has been DONE. he is wrong, and he knows some of the actions we are taking. Alain Auroux Michael Hebgen