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- >>>>> "Jim" == Link8452 <Link8452@aol.com> writes:
- In article <960711132543_574533249@emout15.mail.aol.com> Link8452@aol.com writes:
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- Jim> Just wondering how Executor 2 is comming along. You guys seem
- Jim> rather quiet. I sure this means that you are working your
- Jim> hardest to get it done (as usual).
-
- Jim> Just an anxious registered user, Jim Brandt
- Jim> (Link8452@aol.com)
-
- I only have one mod I want to make to executor.exe before I think it's
- ready to go on Executor 2: I want to detect when people are using the
- version of MSCDEX that is built into Windows '95 and issue a warning
- that they won't be able to access Mac formatted CD-ROMs until they
- start running the older version of MSCDEX.
-
- Beyond that I have about 50 pieces of email to comb, looking for
- showstoppers. If I don't find any, the next step will be to do a
- number of (relatively trivial) mods to the CD-ROM layout, then burn a
- dozen or so test copies of what should be the Executor 2 CD-ROM. If
- they are OK, we'll then burn 5,000 copies.
-
- We still have some artwork to clean up and some manual issues to work
- on, but we're getting there.
-
- In the meantime, Mat is working furiously on VCPU, which will make
- Executor faster and also allow us to run PPC code (which will also
- make us more attractive to Apple). Melissa is working on the new web
- version of our compatibility database and in addition to finishing up
- E2, I'm also talking with our local bank about a loan so we can put
- some ads in the major magazines for E2's release.
-
- Cotton and Bill Goldman are on hiatus until after E2 is shipping and
- we're bringing in some decent money. We have a handful of other
- amazingly talented engineers that we can bring on board, but again, we
- can't do it until we have a little cash.
-
- I was out to see Apple a couple weeks ago and it's clear that there's
- room for cooperation, although Apple is so large it will take a long
- time before we can wind up talking to exactly the right people and cut
- exactly the right deal, but I'm hoping we can license System 7.5
- fairly soon after E2 is shipping. They might even help us find some
- intermediate funding, so we don't have to bootstrap ourselves.
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
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