client/server distinction; multiple user interfaces distributed environment, need for new services to accomodate multiple servers authentication and ACLs error-table (integration of error-handling from several packages) ss interface X interface dsmail/dspipe (mail interface) (Zephyr and interaction with ACL) need for private meetings distinctions from: news mail notes (client/server separation) RPCs ACL for creaeting meetings libraries out the wazoo... (krb, des, usp, com_err, ss, X, Xt, Xaw, dsk, zephyr) survey of existing meetings some numbers from Kerberos logs