There is a version of Andre-Quillen homology for commutative algebras calle
d Gamma-homology H-Gamma* which was introduced by A. Robinson and S. Whiteh
ouse. We will prove that a generalized variant of H-Gamma* calculates the h
omotopy of every abelian Gamma-group. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All ri
ghts reserved. MSG: 13D03; 18G60; 55P47.