Please read this cover letter before installing
            your software kit for BASEstar Open Server
            Development for Open VMS Version 3.1.

            Dear Customer,

            Congratulations on having purchased the enclosed kit
            belonging to Digital's BASEstar Open family of
            products. Depending on the exact Digital part number
            ordered, your kit will be made up of the following
            components:

               . License only for OpenVMS Alpha

               . License only for OpenVMS VAX

               . Documentation only kit, consisting of the
                 following manuals:

                 - BASEstar Open Introduction

                 - BASEstar Open Command Language Interface

                 - BASEstar Open Application Programming
                   Interface

                 - BASEstar Open Reference

                 - BASEstar Open Messages

                 - DEComni API Guide to Using Omni Directory
                   Services

                 - BASEstar Open Server for OpenVMS Inst. &
                   Management  Guide

                 - BASEstar CIMfast Programmer's Reference
                   Guide

                 - BASEstar CIMfast User's Guide

                 - BASEstar CIMfast DECmessage Queue Support

                 - BASEstar Guide to SQL Support

               . Documentation + binaries on TK50 media for
                 OpenVMS VAX


             Release Notes

            You can print the release notes during
            installation. The release notes contain various
            information, including restrictions,
            incompatibilities and amendments to
            documentation. Refer to the BASEstar Open Server
            for OpenVMS Installation & Management Guide for
            details of how to access and read release notes.



            Unpublished rights reserved under the copyright
            laws of the United States.

            The software contained on Digital media is
            proprietary to and embodies the confidential
            technology of Digital Equipment Corporation.
            Possession, use, duplication, or dissemination of
            the software and media is authorized only
            pursuant to a valid written license from Digital
            Equipment Corporation.


            a Digital Equipment Corporation, 1997. All rights
                                reserved.
            AV-Q57SC-TE                                 July 1997