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Article #29678Re: Multi-tasking? A nightmare...
From: Ron Minnich
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1987 16:00
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1987 16:00
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In article <11191@oliveb.UUCP> dragon@olivej.olivetti.com (Give me a quarter or I'll touch you) writes: > >I think that these arguments aren't representative of an *average* user, >since an average user is more likely not to own a modem. Making a backup I can't believe this discussion. Here we are, all us good hacker types, arguing that Joe Average is Too Limited, The Poor Soul, to really Appreciate the Beauty of Multi-Tasking (*cue Heavenly Choir*) You would be surprised what Joe Average can do. He is pretty smart. I have seen this any number of times: once the light goes on in Mr. Average's head, he (and she, of course) will never want to give multi-tasking up. The 'oh but desk accessories are ok' is a specious argument. Desk accessories are a kludge-o form of multi-tasking. If you want to argue that Desk Accessories are a good thing, then you are arguing FOR multi-tasking. ron -- ron (rminnich@udel.edu)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!gatech!udel!rminnich From: rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Multi-tasking? A nightmare... Message-ID: <886@louie.udel.EDU> Date: 21 Dec 87 16:00:31 GMT References: <2959@cbmvax.UUCP> <11191@oliveb.UUCP> Reply-To: rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich) Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 20