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- >>>>> "Mark" == [ ] <j3800199@redgum.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au> writes:
- In article <4k84j0$4od@sheoak.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au> j3800199@redgum.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au ([...]) writes:
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- 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.
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- 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?
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- Radical changes:
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- 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).
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- 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).
-
- [...]
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- 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?
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- 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?
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- 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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