Began at Williamsburg Workshop in April, 1992
Organized at Supercomputing '92 (November)
Followed HPF format and process
Met every six weeks for two days
Extensive, open email discussions
Drafts, readings, votes
Pre-final draft distributed at Supercomputing '93
Two-month public comment period
Final version of draft in May, 1994
Widely available now on the Web, ftp sites, netlib
(http://www.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/index.html)
Public implementations available
Vendor implementations coming soon