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Me (Cliff[ord T. Matthews]):

>      BTW, the DEMO consists of Executor-MSW with several of the A-line
> traps removed, but enough are there to run the three programs that are
> included:
>               FontographerDemo        A demo version of Fontographer

js@Princeton.EDU (Jay Sekora) writes:

+Can I take this as evidence that y'all are working on a version of Executor  
+that will run the real Fontographer?  If so, HOORAY!  I will almost certainly
+buy a copy of this for my home NeXT if you come out with it.  (I say almost,
+in case Altsys happens to port Fontographer to the NeXT, but I think that's
+too much to hope for...)

Jess Anderson <> Madison Academic Computing Center <> University of Wisconsin:

!Me too!  I would much prefer to have Fontographer ported to
!the NeXT (has anyone actually ever determined what Altsys is
!or isn't doing about this prospect?), but absent that,
!Executor would be my alternative choice.  There doesn't see
!to be any other font-design tool that begins to compare.

Me Again:

The emulator that we're working on is a general purpose emulator.
I know it's confusing, since it's refered to as "Executor-MSW" and
we stress that Word is the only application that is *currently*
"qualified" (Excel is in beta).  The DEMO copy that is available
via anonymous ftp (from unmvax.cs.unm.edu, soon to be on the
traditional NeXT ftp sites), lists the "big ticket" apps that we're
working on (not in order of priority; MacDraw and QuarkXPress would
be under Excel and it's hazy thereunder):

	Microsoft Word
	Excel
	Works
	Schedule
	Project
	
	Claris MacProject
	MacDraw II
	MacPaint II
	MacDraw Pro
	MacWrite II
	Filemaker Pro
	CAD
	Resolve
	Works
	Hypercard
	
	DeltaGraph
	QuarkXPress
	FoxBase+
	Aldus PageMaker
	Nisus
	More
	GreatWorks
	KaleidaGraph
	Fontographer
	Canvas
	CricketGraph
	AutoCad
	
Those are are high priority applications that we're qualifying.
We're also working on many little apps, including Quicken, MacInTax
(won't be ready in time, sigh), MacMoney and SimAnt.
	
Another post explains why you can now feel safe about picking up
our DEMO package and installing it as root on your machine (thanks
go to Barry Lustig for providing us with md5).  Please pick up the
post and run the demo, if for no other reason then to read the
explanation panels.  It's kind of hard to explain what we're doing,
when netikit requests that vendors don't mention prices.  Right
away that's a major strike to anyone that sells a product at a cost
lower than people would traditionally assume the software costs,
because the price won't be mentioned and many people who might
inquire about the software at a very low price will just assume
it's a standard price and not call to inquire.  Oh well, I don't
make the rules...
	
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