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- In article <49hrhc$vm@leepai.cs.purdue.edu>, chenhh@cs.purdue.edu (Howii) wrote:
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- >Does anybody else question the usefulness of Executor? I like
- >macintoshes but have a PC and have used Executor, but I balk at
- >buying it because I never actually use a macintosh for any of my
- >important tasks these days.
- [snip]
- >Is there a major flaw in my line of reasoning?
-
- For users of Linix, it opens up a whole range of software that might
- not otherwise be available without booting into Windows, such as
- productivity applications from Microsoft. WINE, the Linix Windows
- emulator, is not yet up to the task, and Linix doesn't yet have the
- installed base to attract a lot of the large mainstream developers.
- The same can be said for NeXTStep. But you do have a good point that
- for DOS/Windows/Win95 users, most things you might want to use are
- available natively, so for those users, Executor might be more useful
- for a few niche application areas, such as games or graphics/DTP,
- where the Mac still has a foothold.
-
- --
- Scott Atwood
- atwood@cs.stanford.edu
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