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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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