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Re: executor



1.  To the list-person:  If you are going to keep sending  
these out with reply-address (From:) as the whole list alias,  
most of the bright and busy people are going to leave the  
list.

2.  To the guy with the question about Quark:  If Quark would  
run, don't you think they'd publicize it?  They stupidly  
decided to do Microsoft Word -- a program that's much _less_  
good than the several word-processors already running on NeXT  
with a real NextStep interface -- first, and it ain't even  
done.  Who in his right mind would pay for the privilege of  
running that second-rate program on his NeXT?  If ARDI had any  
brains, they'd have done Quark first.  They'd have charged  
$1,000 as soon as Quark would run -- most desktop publishing  
people like me would pay it -- and then think about cutting  
the price for the other, less demanding folks later, instead  
of raising it for the better people later.

3.  If you're asking a question that ARDI refused to answer or  
couldn't, it makes sense to post it to this list.  If you're  
asking a question of ARDI, direct it to them and please keep  
it the hell off this list.  Then, if you get an interesting  
and helpful answer, post that answer for the rest of us if you  
care to be helpful.

4.  Nobody ever bought a Mac to get MS Word or Excel!  Lotus  
is much better as a spreadsheet, and PageMaker, Quark, Frame,  
and WriteNow are all better than Word (each in its own place).   
As long as Executor only supports the two fairly useless Mac  
products, it will never sell at any price.  For all practical  
purposes, this product doesn't exist yet.  Calm down.  Cool  
it.  Don't ask questions, just listen.  Someday, if ARDI lasts  
despite its extremely foolish priorities, you'll hear that it  
can do something useful.  I'll bet they could have found 500  
companies to each advance them $1,000 for the promise of 2  
copies of something that would run both Quark and Freehand.   
As it is, who cares?