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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 92 09:47:58 CST
From: bwalls@marvin.msfc.nasa.gov
Subject: Clips 4.3
The Clips package, up to version 5.1 now, is available for the Macintosh.
The version I currently have is 4.3, which was a very solid release.
When I started checking around on this, I found out that the software
really is public domain (I had been told that it wasn't). As a result,
it is quite legal to pass around copies.
Clips was developed by the Johnson Space
Flight Center of NASA, and is still under development. Both the soft-
ware and support are available to the US Government and contractors,
which often includes professors working on government grants or
contracts. If you work directly for the government, or on a contract
or grant, you should contact the CLIPS User's Help Desk at the address
shown below.
For the general public, Clips is available through COSMIC, which is the
government's software marketing place (scary, huh?). From COSMIC, the
software costs $350, with docs at $140. There is an educational discount
of 50% on the software cost, but not the docs. Software upgrade cost
is $200. These are the folks who told me that it is public domain. The
prices seem high for a break-even affair, but I guess that is the government
version of shareware.
An alternative to copying the docs or buying them from COSMIC is to pick up
"Expert Systems -- Principles and Programming by Giarratano & Riley". The
book is pretty good, and Giarratano wrote most of the "official" docs.
The book comes with CLIPS 4.2 for DOS, but I don't think the docs have
changed much in the intervening releases.
COSMIC can be contacted with questions at service@cossack.cosmic.uga.edu, or
conventionally at COSMIC
382 E Broad
Athens, GA 30602
(404)542-3265
The CLIPS User's Help Desk is at
CLIPS User's Help Desk/M30
Computer Sciences Corporation
16511 Space Center Bolevard
Houston, TX 77058
(713)280-2233.
mark ATTN: CLIPS users group if you are interested in joining.
I'm submitting CLIPS 4.3. I'll upload 5.1 when I get a copy.
Bryan Walls
bwalls@marvin.msfc.nasa.gov