[mixtup]

Here's a copy of an email I wrote to FWB and the *brief* reply recevied from the CEO:

Please refer to the www.fwb.com website for information on the current
status of the product and the company.

Regards
Marko Kostyrko
CEO - FWB Software

On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 07:02 PM, Samuel X XXXX XXXXX wrote:

> To whom it may concern:
>
> Since the announcement of the aquisition of Connectix
> by Microsoft, the Mac community has been anticipating
> the new version of RealPC. Not only because of it
> being a non-Microsoft option, but also in light of its
> touted performance advantages. There is especially
> considerable excitement over the new feature that
> enables hardware graphics acceleration.
>
> The new version was promised for June 1 (if I am
> correct) and delayed for a few weeks. It is now
> almost the beginning of August and I have heard no
> report on the software update (I wonder what happened
> to users who took up your buy the old software - get
> the update offer).
>
> In short, the reason why I write is that it would be a
> pitty if this software were not released. Pitty for
> me (because it would mean buying VirtualPC), but most
> of all for you as a company. I read the term
> "vaporware" in reference to your software; I'm not to
> sure about the definition of this term, but am
> starting to get the point.
>
> The Mac community and I would appreciate information
> on this update. Thank you for your attention.
>
> Samuel X XXX XXXXX
> Avid Mac User

The website has a page http://www.fwb.com/html/about_fwb_changes.html that details some changes at FWB. Notably:

"RealPC OSX - The new management is investigating the claims recently made by the previous management as to the status of this product. They will endeavour to update the public as soon as possible on the true status of the project and wish to continue development."

Seems like they were a bit optimistic about development times. On the bright side, the page also stated:

"The new management of F.W.B. Software Inc will be returning the focus of the company to the development of MacOSX utility software, and emulation software."

For me at least, it seems that VPC is the way to go, seeing that I need it now.

[Mr. Blur]

yeah.....kinda old news now....it's all been hashed out in this other thread already.

[mixtup]

Originally posted by Mr. Blur:
yeah.....kinda old news now....it's all been hashed out in this other thread already.

sorry 'bout that...