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- From: Robert A Wilde <rwilde@d.umn.edu>
- Subject: Re: WHEN???
- To: executor@nacm.com
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- On Sun, 2 Jul 1995, Tobermory Everett wrote:
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- > 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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