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Article #23565Re: ADVOCACY: Re: a blurb
From: William B Dwinnell
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 02:43
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 02:43
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Several times I have seen GEM criticized, here and elsewhere, somewhat unfairly. GEM is NOT an OS, first of all- it, like Windows is PART of an OS- they both provide some system level functions, most noticeablty the screen management, but do not run by themselves: hence, neither is an OS, nor an application. Since GEM is not an OS, it is neither multi- tasking nor single-tasking. Lastly, GEMs biggest problem always was Apple, which used legal means to suppress its economic rivals, unfairly, in my opinion. True, this does not change the current technological state of affairs, but at least the record should be set straight.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!think.com!ames!pacbell.com!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!cs.widener.edu!dsinc!pitt.edu!wbdst From: wbdst+@pitt.edu (William B Dwinnell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: ADVOCACY: Re: a blurb Keywords: PC piracy Message-ID: <1764@blue.cis.pitt.edu> Date: 13 Jan 93 02:43:45 GMT References: <1itkq7INNb1l@life.ai.mit.edu> <1993Jan12.193457.27858@nosc.mil> <C0rLwF.BIA@ecf.toronto.edu> Sender: news+@pitt.edu Organization: University of Pittsburgh Lines: 10