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Received: from ftp.ardi.com (ftp.ardi.com [204.134.8.1]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id TAA26819 for <executor@nacm.com>; Sun, 3 Dec 1995 19:13:53 -0800 Received: from ardi.com by ftp.ardi.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tMRLP-0007qAn; Sun, 3 Dec 95 20:13 MST Path: sloth.swcp.com!usenet From: "Clifford T. Matthews" <ctm@ardi.com> Newsgroups: comp.emulators.mac.executor Subject: Re: Executor usefulness? Date: 03 Dec 1995 19:01:21 -0700 Organization: ARDI Lines: 94 Message-ID: <ufraylfuz2.fsf@ftp.ardi.com> References: <49hrhc$vm@leepai.cs.purdue.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ftp.ardi.com In-reply-to: chenhh@cs.purdue.edu's message of 29 Nov 1995 09:42:51 -0500 X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0 To: executor@nacm.com X-MailNews-Gateway: From newsgroup comp.emulators.mac.executor Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Howard" == Howii <chenhh@cs.purdue.edu> writes: In article <49hrhc$vm@leepai.cs.purdue.edu> chenhh@cs.purdue.edu (Howii) writes: Howard> Does anybody else question the usefulness of Executor? I Howard> like macintoshes but have a PC and have used Executor, but Howard> I balk at buying it because I never actually use a Howard> macintosh for any of my important tasks these days. There Howard> was a time that I liked Macs better for word processing, Howard> but these days, I'd rather use windows programs because Howard> they are native to my machine (and thus faster). No problem. I would guess that most PC owners do not need Executor in its current form and may never have a need for Executor. However, there are enough people who do need Executor that we expect to bring in enough money selling Executor 2 to hire many more engineers and clean up much of what is rough in Executor 2. Some uses of Executor that I know of: bringing apps to Linux and NEXTSTEP that aren't available otherwise the ability to read and write Macintosh formatted media and not lose resource fork information Mac-only programs like NIH Image, HyperCard Companies that make Mac and Windows software can use one laptop to demo two different flavors of their software to customers (assuming the software in question runs under Executor -- not everything does) More flexibility when setting up computer labs that have Macs and PCs -- some of the PCs can run Executor and be used for overflow when the Macs are all full Running the Mac version of a piece of software that *is* available under Windows just to avoid the niggly little UI differences that you get when you run the Windows version A cheap pseudo-Mac for the kids to use when they come home to the PC, but use Macs at work. Speed -- A 90 MHz Pentium can run 68040 code faster than various Quadra 68040 based Macs Nostalgia Cutting Edge emulation kicks The last two are obviously stretching it, but all of the above are uses that I know some of our customers have for Executor. If you don't fit in any of the above categories, or perhaps you do, but the Mac applications that you'd like to run don't yet run under Executor, well, we understand. We never try to force Executor down people's throat; we'll recommend MAE (Apple's own Macintosh Emulator for other platforms, or a real Mac, or a native Windows application) to any potential customer who would be better served by any of those alternatives. Howard> Also, Macs are moving to PowerPC these days... is Executor Howard> planning on emulating that in the future? Yup. Howard> This might sound pretty critical, but I tend to find that Howard> most of the things I end up running are my old Mac Howard> shareware games. Well, if you have a PC and those games run under Executor and you'd like to continue running them, then the student registration fee of $49 may be something you're willing to part with. If not, no big deal; we really have a *lot* of potentical customers for Executor 2 and we'll have even more as Executor gets better compatibility and functionality. Howard> Is there a major flaw in my line of reasoning? Nope. A totally valid question. Howard> -Howard Chen chenhh@cs.purdue.edu Howard> P.S.: I do like Executor and it is very impressive despite Howard> my criticisms Thanks. Anyone who has seen the difference between where Executor was at the beginning of the year and where it is now, might correctly suspect that Executor will get *much* better in 1996, since everything looks like we'll have much more money and more engineers. Heck, we might even have a neat surprise in December. Thanks for your interest! --Cliff ctm@ardi.com