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Re: TCP/IP executor
> Serial comm support for Executor would be a HUGE plus. I use Linux for all
> my grunt Internet work (SLIP, TCP/IP, Netscape, shell account), but in
> addition I actually like using commercial service providers for some features
> (AOL in my case). If Executor provided decent serial comm support, then I
> could bag DOS and WINDOWS, and run in an entirely Microsoft free environment.
> That would be very desirable indeed.
>
It strikes me that eliminating the Microsoft environment entirely may be a good goal,
but it isn't the purpose of Executor, at least not yet.
E/NEXTSTEP has (or had as of 1.3) limited serial port access. That's a RELATIVELY
modest goal. But just THINKING about the implementation problems associated with
tcp/ip support gives me a headache. That's a job for a hard-core specialist. Executor is
worth the registration fee for what it does already. But as someone who purchased a
product called "Executor-MSWord 1.0" nearly four years ago and watched the product
blossom, then Executor/DOS 1.0 when it was released, I can say that no other company
I've EVER bought software from has subsequently lead me to believe that I'd not only
bought a certain feature set, I'd made an investment in the future. I honestly NEVER
thought I'd see half the features now available in all versions of Executor, and I'm
confident that once these guys get the $$$ they need, they'll put together a networking
emulator that puts Insignia's SoftNode to shame.
Who says product loyalty is dead? Keep up the good work, ARDI! And the rest of you,
send in your checks...
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