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From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford T. Matthews)
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Hi Folks,
I've been sick off and on for the last six weeks. I haven't mentioned
it too much, because it always looked like I was improving (kind of
like one of those Escher staircases that allow you to think you're
climbing up forever). It looks like I had flu which then got into my
lungs and stayed there. I haven't run a fever since Tuesday, so I
think that once more I'm on the mend.
Anyway, I got way behind in my e-mail (which is why
"questions@ardi.com" is a better address when it's appropriate) and am
finally "almost" caught up. I believe I've responded to all e-mail
that has been sent my way up to two weeks ago (everything I've
received up to January 15). If you've sent something before that and
haven't received an acceptable reply, feel free to send it again. If
you sent something after that time, or you're not totally sure when
you sent it, you might want to wait until Monday to see if I reply. I
hope to be caught up with e-mail by Monday.
In other news, we're aware that 1.99h has some severe compatibility
problems with some graphics cards. We should be able to get anything
that used to work prior to 1.99f to work again in 1.99i. I think it's
now very rare that Executor/DOS will totally lock up your machine,
although it's much more frequent that Executor will start ignoring
mouse clicks and key presses altogether. We've also received a bunch
of useful comments about our file browser. Mat is working on fixing
the bugs described above. After I finish answering e-mail, I'll be
collating a list of everything that we have to do
(i.e. "showstoppers") and everything that we want to do ("wishlist")
for 2.0 along with a projected time table.
Although 1.99h has some exceedingly rough edges, we're actually fairly
close to having all the fundamental/structural changes to Executor
made that are needed for 2.0. We still have a few more features to
add and a bunch of bug-fixes, but once Bill, Cotton, Mat and I are all
working full-time again (there has been a lot of sickness and vacation
time in the last couple of months), we should be able to make
tremendous progress. Vaune too has been a little under the weather,
we're looking forward to her being back in full health, since she is
the person most responsible for keeping things running smoothly over