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- From: eadeans@aol.com (EADEANS)
- Newsgroups: comp.emulators.mac.executor
- Subject: Re: OS/2 Porting
- Date: 3 Apr 1996 06:17:48 -0500
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- Hi,
- I've tried an old version of Executor for DOS and found it to run fairly
- well under OS2, however, there's nothing like a native port--also more and
- more OS2 users are running in protected mode only where there is no
- DOS/Win support. While I am happy that you would like to do an OS2 port, I
- believe you'd be well off to do the OS2 port before (or in tandem with)
- the Win32 port. Perhaps you could implement the port using DAX. I believe
- the OS2 community will reward ARDI more (in sales) than the Win32
- community. For one thing, most popular Mac apps are already available on
- Windows as well (with many coming or already Win32). IBM has tried giving
- financial support for OS2 ports to companies in the past and it's not paid
- off for them. Corel is the biggest example. IBM's not likely to
- financially support companies that aren't already in the OS2 market and
- wants to preserve and better its relationship with Apple in attempts to
- license MacOS for forthcoming PowerPC (CHRP) systems in '97.
-
- It's been my experience that OS2 users are very receptive of getting Mac
- support. There's been a lot of discussion about trying to implement HFS
- access in OS2 (which cannot be done as an IFS given HFS disk volume info
- is located in a spot other than expected under the current Intel OS2 IFS
- system--the new IFS system for OS2 PPC is much more flexible). There's
- been much discussion about trying to get Mac developer's to do ports, get
- Mac emulation (even if it is 7.x & 68K support) and other Macintosh
- technologies. I have not seen that kind of thing on the Windows platform;
- instead it goes the other way: Mac's needing to run Windows.
-
- I've been a Mac user since 1985, an OS2 user since 1989, and a Windows
- user since 1988, NeXT since 1990. I also applaud ARDI sticking by the NeXT
- community. I really believe ARDI's next port should be to OS2. It's a
- platform with a tiny number of third-party general business applications,
- a user base around 15 million and contrary to the press' FUD, IBM's
- long-term support.
-
- That's my 2 cents.
- Ed Deans.
- eadeans@aol.com
- Ed Deans
- TeamOS2
-
-