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Re: WHEN???



On Sun, 2 Jul 1995, Tobermory Everett wrote:

> Clifford Thomas Matthews wrote:
> >     Dan> When is ARDI going to release 1.99n?  This is getting
> >     Dan> discussing!  I don't care about a few bugs. I mean, 1.99n was
> >     Dan> sceduled to be released acouple weeks ago, not to mention
> >     Dan> that 2.0 was supposed to be a year ago!
> > 
> > Almost all of ARDI's engineering work is done by three people: Mat
> > Hostetter, Cotton Seed and myself.  All three of us are working almost
> > all our waking hours on Executor.  If bugs are found that are
> > "showstoppers", a release date will slip; there's almost no way to
> > speed things up since we're already working at full capacity.  If, on
> > top of that, one of us has a mother-in-law rushed to the hospital,
> > that will only make things worse.
> I try to avoid jumping on people, but when I see people jumping all over
> ARDI it really ticks me off.  ARDI is doing an _incredible_ job.  We aren't
> talking Microsloth or IBM or even Borland here, we are talking _three_ guys
> working with almost no funding and pulling off a _very_ impressive coding
> feat.  The fact that they manage to get as much done as they do frankly
> astounds me.  The fact that someone who can't even spell disgusting is
> jumping all over three guys who are pulling almost superhuman efforts to
> support a product they are practically giving away make me want to vomit.
> Please, a show of hands for ARDI.  Keep up the good work and frankly, when
> you are happy with 1.99n, release it, but not until then.  In the meantime,
> everyone else take two Valium and see the shrink in the morning.
> 
> --Toby Everett
> 
I second that.  I have always heard that Macintosh emulation of the 680xx 
CPU was impossible.  After viewing Executor for the first time last week 
I was amazingly impressed.  Then after hearing its done by just 3 
engineers is again impressive.  Give these guys slack.  They are doing a 
great job.

--Rob
      --If at first you don't succeed,
		redefine success

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