ANNOUNCE: Ice 3.0 released

[Marc Laukien]

ZeroC, Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of the Internet 
Communications Engine (Ice), version 3.0.0. For a detailed description 
of Ice, please have a look at http://www.zeroc.com/ice.html.

The most significant change since version 2.1.2 is the addition of 
IceGrid, a replacement for the IcePack activation service that 
revolutionizes the way you build and deploy your Ice applications. With 
support for replication, load balancing, and application distribution, 
IceGrid provides the tools you need to create scalable grid applications 
and manage them remotely. For more information on IceGrid, please see 
http://www.zeroc.com/icegrid/index.html.

As you have come to expect, this release also includes a great deal of 
smaller enhancements and fixes that improve the reliability of your 
programs and help you get them to market faster.

In addition to traditional proprietary licensing models for commercial 
customers, Ice is also freely available as Open Source under the terms 
of the GNU General Public License (GPL). You can download the complete 
Ice source and documentation from http://www.zeroc.com/download.html.