``SIMPL, an acronym for Synchronous Interprocess Messaging Project for Linux, espouses the mission to bring `the powerful QNX Send/Receive/Reply messaging paradigm' to the open source movement. According to SIMPL documents, the QNX messaging scheme is `an intuitive and simple to understand, yet immensely powerful, way of designing distributed software applications.''' http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6327780008.html Jeff