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Article #35569Re: System 8.0: no more DA's.
From: Clive Steward
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1988 20:22
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1988 20:22
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From article <321@internal.Apple.COM>, by goldman@Apple.COM (Phil Goldman): > > As an aside to the person asking about TRUE multitasking in 8.0, MultiFinder > already supports true multitasking. That is, it divvies up CPU time > between multiple applications. If the reference is to preemptive multitasking, > then there is really no reason to get excited. Preemptive multitasking > will make life a bit easier on developers, but not much, and have no > typical effect on users. The only point at which preemptive multitasking is > more useful to a Mac end user is when he is using a buggy app. > > -Phil Goldman > Apple Computer Just a vote. Thank you for finally saying this. It must have been difficult to listen to the constant flow of abuse, for what is indeed a completely useful and satisfactory product; one of clearly a great deal of careful effort. Clive Steward x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!mtuxo!mtgzz!drutx!clive From: clive@drutx.ATT.COM (Clive Steward) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: System 8.0: no more DA's. Message-ID: <9667@drutx.ATT.COM> Date: 16 Dec 88 20:22:24 GMT References: <321@internal.Apple.COM> Organization: resident visitor Lines: 39