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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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- Re: WHEN???
- From: Tobermory Everett <teverett@osiris.ac.hmc.edu>