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Executor/NEXTSTEP Disappointing news! :(



Eric  A. Dubiel wrote on comp.sys.next.advocacy, comp.sys.next.misc, comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.comm
> It looks like the MAC OS emulator is coming to its end on NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP.
> If anyone else is disappointed, please write Ardi!
> See http://www.ardi.com

[I have added comp.emulators.mac.executor to Ericİs list]

Well,

Last time I discussed this with Melissa at Ardi, she said they werenİt sure about the future of Executor under OpenStep (NS4). According to your message, it looks like theyİve made up their mind :-(

One canİt really blame them for concentrating on the DOS/Windows market (thatİs where the money is, isnİt it ?) On the other hand I thought that Ardiİs plans included multiplatform concern (as long as their revenue allows such developments of course) -Cliff has mentionned several times a DEC/Alpha port that theyİve been working on some time ago.

Anyway I am thankful that theyİve kept on developing Executor/NEXTSTEP up to now (version 1.99q12) and I hope theyİll be delivering an Interceptor-aware 2.0 version to us as promised. (Iİd prefer a non-Interceptor-aware 2.0 version than nothing, though).

They might reconsider trashing NEXTSTEP development if (whatİs left of) the NeXT community massively orders Executor/NS licences (still at pre-beta prices but not for long) and shows interest on the comp.emulators.mac.executor newsgroup. Really, any NEXTSTEP user with interest towards Mac emulation should do so (I did).

Well, it is still unclear whether weİll be forced out of NS (OS-Mach) to NT :-( ... but if this happens, Executor will probably be running there :-/

  Vincent