Re: Apple? (subject change)

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From: Kevin Brown
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 00:53

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In article <40nsoq$dd6@nnrp1.primenet.com>,
Lawson English <english@primenet.com> wrote:
>Dave Glue (daveacg@interlog.com) wrote:
>: What a bizarre argument.  I have to be able to program a multitasking
>: OS to not recognize a poor one?
>
>So, shoehorn in multitasking on top of a single-tasking OS without 
>breaking previous applications in the process and without requiring a 
>complete rewrite of the entire ToolBox and OS while you are at it.

*Exactly* why preemptive multitasking should have been accounted for
in the initial design of the MacOS.

-- 

				Kevin Brown
                      SGI Customer Support Engineering

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From: kcbrown@starfruit.csd.sgi.com (Kevin Brown)
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Subject: Re: Apple? (subject change)
Date: 14 Aug 1995 17:53:55 -0700
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