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Serial Number / Authentication Key status report
Hi Folks,
We're a bit behind schedule getting the serial numbers and
authentication keys out. This was due to our problems with
Executor/DOS 1.99j and a new problem we found in Executor/Linux 1.99j.
The new problem is that student and educational serial number/key
pairs are not properly acknowledged in 1.99j. Instead you get a
message stating that the key does not correspond to the platform
you're using and as such it drops you back to demo mode. We've fixed
this in Executor/Linux 1.99k, but we haven't gotten E/L 1.99k out the
door yet.
We may not have all this straightened out until sometime this weekend.
Once all the code is tested and in place and our database has been
retooled, the new way of doing things should be much nicer.
In addition, we're working on some tools that will allow you to
download many fewer bytes when we release successive revisions. Right
now you have to pick up copies of files that haven't changed, or
haven't changed much, but in the future you'll be able to pick up some
binary diffs (considerably smaller than the old "transmog" files) from
one experimenatl release to the other.
Keep the 1.99k reports coming.
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com