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I was just talking with a friend of mine about multitasking.
We were wondering; as it is quite possible to multitask under
DOS with DESQview (or even Windows), how come this doesn't
come integrated with MSDOS? Are the Microsoft programmers
not as good as Quarterdeck programmers, or is it some sort of
a political issue.

After a multitasking DOS had been released from Microsoft,
it might have new support for all kinds of API calls that
new DOS-programs could use to multitask, just like Windows
or DV. Why don't they do it? I think a character-based
multitasking OS would sell plenty among those who don't like
fancy GUI's. Of course there are unices, but they restrict
programming graphics and other fancy tricks pretty much.
And they also take too much space; DESQview can be fitted
to just a couple of hunded kilobytes. I just keep dreaming
of a DOS release that would create "a real standard" for
such an interface/api.

While waiting for MSDOS 6.0 which will probably bring nothing
but one or two new external commands, can anyone recommend
a DOS-binary compatible multitasking operating system? OS/2 
is too big and it's graphics, I already have Linux but miss 
MSDOS programs.

Please comment, and if this newsgroup seems inappropriate,
reply to some other group...

(Btw, when I talk about multi-tasking here, I mean whatever
ways there are to make several programs run at the same
time under 386... Time-slicing or "sleep"-calls etc.)

PS. Having followed the MSDOS progress & quality for several years
now, I suppose everyone would probably use some external multitasker
anyway... :-)

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