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Received: from ub.d.umn.edu (ub.d.umn.edu [131.212.134.2]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id XAA25364 for <executor@nacm.com>; Mon, 3 Jul 1995 23:29:36 -0700 Received: (from rwilde@localhost) by ub.d.umn.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) id BAA18854; Tue, 4 Jul 1995 01:32:12 -0500 Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 01:32:12 -0500 (CDT) From: Robert A Wilde <rwilde@d.umn.edu> Subject: Re: WHEN??? To: executor@nacm.com In-Reply-To: <199507030618.XAA20222@osiris.ac.hmc.edu> Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9507040130.A17859-0100000@ub.d.umn.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk 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 ----------------------------------------------- | Robert Wilde | University of | Minnesota, Duluth | E-Mail: rwilde@ub.d.umn.edu | WWW Page: http://www.d.umn.edu/~rwilde | Address: 1410 E. 4th street | Duluth, MN 55805 -----------------------------------------------