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Re: Apple? - interface quirks & software matters

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From: Henrik Wetterström
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 12:19
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In article <nevin-1808950602190001@mac-nevin.cs.arizona.edu>, nevin@CS.Arizona.EDU (Nevin ":-]" Liber) writes:
:In article <4116dv$qmu@mustang.via.net>, medulla@infosoc.com wrote:
:
:> the mac os (system 7, whatever its called) supports cooperative multitasking
:> (which isnt too stable, because 1 app can crash the machine)....
:
:Which has nothing to do with the type of multitasking and everything to do
:with memory protection.

To go on with the same subject:
It will be a *LOT* easier to make Unix to be a Macintosh (God forbid!) than vice versa.
Unix is becoming more userfriendly each day and Apple are attempting to make new
MacOS preemptive. Can anybody really expect MacOS to come in first with a "final"
version?

/Henrik (Install Linux on your PowerMac!)
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From: henke@hv.se (Henrik Wetterström)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600,alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: Apple? - interface quirks & software matters
Date: 24 Aug 1995 12:19:32 GMT
Organization: Växjö university
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