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Re: How version 2 will be provided
>>>>> "Joshua" == Joshua W Burton <jburton@nwu.edu> writes:
In article <4fj3fc$1fu@news.acns.nwu.edu> jburton@nwu.edu (Joshua W. Burton) writes:
Joshua> Clifford T. Matthews <ctm@ardi.com> wrote:
>> Beginning with the Executor 2 beta, we will have two separate
>> versions, the demo version and the commercial version.
>>
>> The demo version will be time limited, and have a few other
>> limitations built in. It will not be possible to convert this
>> version to the commercial version because some of the
>> limitations will be done by actually removing code. The demo
>> version will be publicly redistributable.
Joshua> As a matter of principle, I suppose I approve: now that
Joshua> you are making Executor available to the DOS world, you
Joshua> can no longer make the cozy assumption that none of your
Joshua> users are pond scum. It rankles that we users (as a
Joshua> group) can no longer be trusted, but I would rather
Joshua> swallow this unpalatable truth than see you get ripped
Joshua> off.
Thanks for understanding. We will do our best to minimize the
inconvenience to our paying customers.
Joshua> As a practical matter, this is going to be a pain in the
Joshua> neck for at least a few of your old NeXTstep
Joshua> customers---those like me who haven't yet gotten around to
Joshua> buying CD-ROM drives. (Yes, I realize that 1x drives now
Joshua> cost less than an Executor license, but so does a good
Joshua> Japanese meal, and I haven't splurged on one of those
Joshua> lately, either.) Would it be possible, say two weeks
Joshua> _after_ the chaos of shipping the 2.0 CD subsides, for me
Joshua> and anyone else in the same boat to receive email (or
Joshua> "nymous FTP") copies over the net? I don't want to hold
Joshua> up the works with a special request, but it may be months
Joshua> before I can get access to a net-connected CD-ROM, and so
Joshua> even if I have to wait weeks for someone at ARDI to have a
Joshua> few spare minutes, it still may be my best option.
Hopefully we'll have a faster net connect by the time E2 ships (had
the local telco not dropped the ball we would have had one in January)
and we'll try to use it to help out people who won't have CD-ROM
access.
We greatly appreciate our original customers and thank them for
sticking with us over the last few years.
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com
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