MKS Announces the Next Generation of MKS RCS
Critical Configuration Management for Every Project

April 20, 1994 (Waterloo, ON) - Mortice Kern Systems today announced the
new version of MKS RCS, which includes complete project management
facilities, an automated building process, file promotion, hooks into
Visual Basic, and NetWare specific functionality.  MKS RCS also has a
documented API to enable seamless integration into other applications.

Projecting the Future

MKS RCS 6.2 thinks and works like most software development teams do--in
terms of projects.  Integrated project management facilities allow the end
user to create and manage projects, using MKS RCS functionality either on
individual files within the project or on the entire project at once.

MKS RCS automatically tracks files included with each project, the revision
of each archive file that was used for the most recent project build,
which files within the project have changed since the last build, and
which archive files are currently locked for editing.  MKS RCS project
management also tracks dependencies between files and automatically
converts these dependencies to a make file.  This tracking enables
software developers and software development managers to easily find the
information necessary to perform their jobs.

Production Control

Production control is the process of promoting a project (or source file)
from one level of the software development lifecycle to another.  MKS RCS
6.2 allows the user to "promote" either specific archive files or entire
projects to the next level.

For example, at the stage when most of the code is being written, it may be
considered the "experimental" or "development" stage of the lifecycle.
Once the coding is complete, the project can be promoted to the "testing"
phase, ensuring that every member of the development team is aware that
they are now in this next phase.

Documented API

MKS has documented the MKS RCS application programming interface (API).
This feature not only allows third party vendors, such as Powersoft, to
provide integrated access to MKS RCS within their packages, it also allows
any end user to integrate MKS RCS into their internal development systems.
Priced separately from MKS RCS 6.2, the documented API can be purchased
directly from MKS.

Visual Basic Hooks

MKS RCS 6.2 provides hooks to seamlessly integrate MKS RCS into Visual
Basic.  For users developing with Visual Basic, the version control
capabilities of MKS RCS can now be integrated as a menu option.

Special NetWare Functionality

MKS RCS 6.2 has new features specific to the Novell NetWare environment.
MKS has added a NetWare Loadable Module (NLM) that provides enforced
security access to archive files.  Files are created as read only, and a
call to the NLM is required to check for access rights, to modify access
rights, or to provide access for creating, renaming, or deleting archives.
These additional security features make the job of the system
administrator much easier.

ISO 9000

MKS RCS 6.2 includes templates for documenting software development
projects and complies to ISO 9000-3 guidelines for software development
and the IEEE Software Engineering Standards.  The documentation
requirements of Military Standard 2167A were evaluated and adopted where
applicable. MKS RCS 6.2 has supplied these internationally recognized
standards in a practical and easy to use methodology.

Availability and Pricing

MKS RCS 6.2 will be shipping in May 1994.  It will be available for a
suggested retail price of US$389 and as an upgrade from any previous
version for US$149, with a special upgrade offer of US$99 for a limited
time.  MKS RCS 6.2 for other platforms, including OS/2, Windows NT, and
UNIX, will be available in Q3 1994. MKS RCS 6.1 is currently available on
these other platforms.

MKS Inc.
35 King Street North
Waterloo, ON
N2J 2W9 CANADA
(519) 883-4362,  1-800-265-2797 (US & Canada)

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