With the support of SPSSmr and the triple-s group, ATP Ltd is to create a program that will produce a triple-s file from a Quantum job. The project is due to be completed by early summer, and the resulting programme will be freely available at no cost. Initially, the programme will be available for use on Windows, Solaris, and SCO Unix. Programmes and documentation will be available on the triple-s site for downloading.

Raz Khan, chairman of IT services firm ATP, expressed his "pleasure at being able to be involved in a project that will bring such immediate and obvious benefits both to our own customers and to the wider research data processing community."

Keith Hughes, a founding member of the triple-s group, commented "We are gratified to see major software companies like SPSSmr and CfMC adopting the triple-s standard. Adoption is of benefit both to the users of the many packages that implement triple-s, and to developers who can concentrate their efforts on their own unique functionality rather than having to implement multiple imports and exports."

The triple-s group will continue to develop the standard and is currently seeking funding to this end.