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- >>>>> "Howard" == Howii <chenhh@cs.purdue.edu> writes:
- In article <49hrhc$vm@leepai.cs.purdue.edu> chenhh@cs.purdue.edu (Howii) writes:
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- 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:
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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