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Re: Executor Future?
>>>>> "Mark" == [ ] <j3800199@redgum.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au> writes:
In article <4k84j0$4od@sheoak.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au> j3800199@redgum.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au ([...]) writes:
Mark> Hi all.
Mark> I just have a few questions that anyone can try and answer,
Mark> but are directed to the people at ARDI.
Mark> The products seem great guys, but I was wondering about the
Mark> GUI, is there plans to upgrade it any more in the future, or
Mark> change it completely? Can we expect any radical change?
Radical changes:
We'll be making the Browser source publically available, so
I expect an Executor Enthusiast or two will make a bunch of
changes.
We'll try to get some Finder replacements to run under
Executor (Greg's Broswer, for instance).
We'll try to make it so you can drop Apple's Finder on top
of Executor and have it run (this is at least 9 months away).
[...]
Mark> How far away is it, before a user will beable find a contol
Mark> panel, like on a real Mac, with there kind of options ECT,
Mark> not like shift ALT 5?
Hard to say. After E2 is shipping we'll be doing code restructuring
for a month or so, after that our speed will be governed by our
revenue stream. Too hard to predict right now.
Mark> At what stage in the development will a user beadle to drop
Mark> in an OS like ver6 or Mac_OS 7. After Executor Ver2, during
Mark> it's bleeding Edge releases, or Ver 3, ECT??
I make no promises, but my guess is that Executor 3 will *not* have
this feature, but will be native under Windows '95 and OS/2 and have
better compatibility in general. So most likely E3 bleeding edges are
where this functionality will start to show up. Remember, these are
guesses off the top of my head.
Mark> Is there any plans to make Executor bootable on its own
Mark> petition? In the near future?
No such plans. We'd be *much* more likely to do some clever bundling
with Linux so that non-Linux users could get some of the many benefits
that E/L already has (and it will have more over time).
Mark> Mark.
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com
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