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1.99q is out
ftp.ardi.com now contains 1.99q for DOS, Linux and NEXTSTEP, but
because ftp.ardi.com is so slow, I highly recommend you pick it up
from vorlon.mit.edu or wait a day and pick it up from one of the other
mirrors.
This is a complete new experimental version. There is a new browser
and we've replaced the Lemmings Demo with an "Oh No! More Lemmings"
Demo, since the latter has sound effects and music under Executor (DOS
and Linux only).
This is likely to be the last release we can make before MACWORLD
Expo, since we will be leaving Albuquerque on the 6th of January.
If we don't hear of any showstoppers in 1.99q in the next 24 hours,
we'll upload 1.99q to the major DOS site (SimTel), the major Linux
sites (sunsite, tsx-11) and the major NEXTSTEP sites (?orst + sonata?)
and the major on-line services (CompuServe, AOL). NOTE: We haven't
put a NEXTSTEP version on a non-ARDI site in a long time. It will be
interesting to see what sort of reception we get in the NEXTSTEP
community.
Thank you for supporting us in 1995. Since we started the year with a
very solid framework (that's taken us years to build), we were able to
make more external progress in 1995 than we apparently made in the
eight years previous to that. We hope that in 1996 we'll be able to
provide more native ports (Windows '95 and OS/2), more features
(networking and serial port access) and greater compatibility (both at
the application level and also at the Apple system software level).
We have the knowledge; we have the code framework; we have the
debugging tools, and most importantly we have a stable of top-notch
engineers that we'll get on board, once Executor 2 is generating some
revenue. We still have to finalize our packaging and go through a
real beta period, but we'll be able to do that as soon as we get back
from San Francisco.
Happy New Year.
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com