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Received: from mail04.mail.aol.com (mail04.mail.aol.com [152.163.172.53]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id IAA28582 for <executor@nacm.com>; Tue, 29 Aug 1995 08:47:15 -0700 From: JIM210@aol.com Received: by mail04.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id LAA27651 for executor@nacm.com; Tue, 29 Aug 1995 11:47:14 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 11:47:14 -0400 Message-ID: <950829114713_66121695@mail04.mail.aol.com> To: executor@nacm.com Subject: Re: Win95, and Why...? Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk I run Exec199o5 under Win95 by simply using the 'run under MS_DOS' mode. Go to shutdown and just pick this option and then start Executor making sure you load your mouse first. I found one program worked this way *much* better than under DOS (ie pre-Win95)! Also just openning a DOS window (ie C:>) and typing Executor it again worked for me, expanding to a normal window, the only problem being memory settings - check under the preferences option for the Executor folder and adjust it according to your computer and your needs.(Right mouse button). I have a Pentium 60mhz 8mb RAM. I will say I get excited when I find one more program that works under Exec, but like most I get frustrated when I get a string of them that don't. But my main concern about the ultimate success of Executor is not files but it's price ie, what you get for the price. Up until Exec199m it was a curiosity, a toy-and exciting; barely worth $99. But if Exec2.00 is little different from Exec199o5 it will be a hard sell at $249 to the public, but not to institutional/educational organizations *if* it fully supports at least one popular Mac word-proccessor/DTP and those programs they use the most. Even then... But as for the public (ie me included), without sound, Quicktime, and modem(serial) support I would suggest they would think $249 gives you very little in todays world of CD-ROMs(gaming and videos), Faxing, and the Internet. But if I may ask, *with time/money in such short supply*,and * from a strictly business viewpoint*, why work on multiple platforms at the same time? EVERYBODY knows Executors success will come from the DOS/PC world not Linux or NEXT(?). It sounds like its more do to personal interest of individual engineers there and not a business decision. And when you are way overdue on a project I would think you would do only what is essential and would contribute most to its/your success. Linux?! Next?! Criticism?No.Puzzled?Yes. jim210