Hi Bill,
Glad to hear some more noises about 9.0. I hope you can get glimpse
around those corners by springtime. I am ready to upgrade.
Patrick

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Bill J Gray <pluto@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Owen,
>
> At one time, I _was_ planning on having UCAC-3 be a major
> new part of Guide 9.0. I'm no longer holding my breath for UCAC-3
> (though I'll be delighted when it becomes available, of course).
> I will continue to mumble about when Guide 9.0 will be done,
> though. I made some confident "just around the corner" noises
> a while back, and then found some more corners to go around.
>
> I'll probably handle UCAC-3 by providing some means whereby
> people can get the data (probably USNO will distribute it on
> DVDs), copy it to their hard drives, then display it in place
> of GSC. That'll just require me to post an update on my Web
> site.
>
> -- Bill
>