We will allow people to download demos of Executor 2, but it won't be fully functional. At Egghead the demos that they have are complete
versions of the software, aren't they? If we can get Egghead to sell
Executor then our agreement would probably require us to provide them
with a certain number of complete copies that they can demo in their
(approximately 200?) stores.
I can't speak offcially, but the way I understand that it works, you don't provide any, and we just open one up off the shelf and install it. I MAY BE WRONG, after all, I am just a part time employee!
Right. Once Executor 2 is a done deal and the Executor 2 demo is
finalized then we'll make a lot of effort to get it onto other
people's CD-ROMs and really make it easy for people to get.
Are you going to continue with the downloadable version?
Sure. We've known this for a long time, that's the whole point of cleaning up Executor now and getting Executor 2 out the door. We have
always meant Executor to be a commercial product sold through stores,
but previous incarnations of Executor had just too many limitations to
make stores want to sell them. It still may be a little tricky
getting stores to sell Executor 2, but I think we have a good shot at
it.
>From what I've seen of Executor, for people looking for apps just to run, w/o advanced Mac features, E/DOS is a wonderful product.
You don't mention how much memory your 486 has. If it only has 8 MB,
then using an 8 MB Applzone will require a lot of paging (very slow).
The 486 has 12 megs, and I should be able to try it on the Pentium with 16.
