Executor 2.0/executorv2.0.iso/pc/linux/extra/docs/maillist/text/archive.92/text0019.txt

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Please remove me. I'll make one comment before I go...

I'm quite impressed with executor. I was trying to decide between
a Mac and a NeXT, which I'd prefer, but it appears my software won't
go on executor, as it does a lot of very low level stuff, and I need
it to run now. So I'm gonna get a Mac (sniff).

In talking with the person I talked with (sorry, forgot his name) and in
cliff's activity here I see a level of concern for the program and it's
users that is unusual, to say the least. Quite impressive.
To be balanced, I think the 700 price is a bit high, enough
to make some students who would otherwise spring for the NeXT go the
other way. This would pertain especially to those like myself
who may be enamored with the NeXT, but aren't REALLY going to be
doing a lot of heavy development, thus aren't as easily swayed by the
development environment. For a while at least, the existence of
executor, which necessitates spending a student's
monthly paycheck to get mac ability, to run the plethora of
mac software which won't be available on the next for a while
(and probably not as cheaply), is not going to be sufficient grounds
to give up the mac. As the next software situation approaches
the mac's, this problem will decrease, but executor will also
be less necessary then. One good thing about the executor's
price is that it will help ensure that mac-like software will
continue to be developed for the next.
Note, this will apply less to engineering students, cs students,
etc. who can really take advantage of the next. But for others,
3500 for a mac with color vs. 3500 + 700 for a next mono that can
run neato mac stuff is not going to be a hard decision to make.
Regardless of nextstep, unix, and 040.

Now if NeXT would bundle Executor...

--Jim