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Article #2683Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
From: Christopher C. Wood
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 23:27
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 23:27
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In article <30ECC158.5289@osu.edu>, Jeff Jasper <jasper.7@osu.edu> writes: |> > I see. A brand-new fully preemptive, protected-memory microkernal |> > operating system backward-compatible with todays' applications is |> > "little new technology". Whatever you say, cap'n. |> Gee, kinda sounds like Windows NT. Copeland isn't fully preemtive, Copland (no 'e' -- its namesake was Aaron, not Stewart) is fully preemptive, in that nothing short of a kernel crash will circumvent the preemptive tasks from executing. Legacy applications can only block other legacy applications (and even in the event of a misbehaving legacy application locking up the user interface, the user can force the blue-box to restart, and Copland-savvy applications will continue on as if nothing ever went wrong). In Win95, a mis-behaving legacy app can take down the whole system. Unlike WinNT, Copland won't be a resource pig. Chris -- Speaking only for myself, of course. Chris Wood christw@lexis-nexis.com ChrisCWood@eworld.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!lexis-nexis!meaddata!christw From: christw@meaddata.com (Christopher C. Wood) 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 Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....??? Date: 9 Jan 1996 23:27:42 GMT Organization: LEXIS-NEXIS, Dayton OH Message-ID: <4cutle$oq5@meaddata.lexis-nexis.com> References: <m.duran-1611950252110001@port19.codetel.net.do> <49gkhp$3ag@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <30c6ee29.1582369@news.metronet.com> <1995Dec18.145106.44180@ac.dal.ca> <jragosta-1812951544340001@ppp-1017.dca.net> <4bpgk6$jc1@vodka.intele.net> <4bvd1r$qn3@sloth.swcp.com> <brw-2912951023390001@dallas28.dfw.net> <adtDKD2D7.8Fw@netcom.com> <philw-3012951518520001@philw.users.xplor.com> <30e5f7e7.2440179@news.metronet.com> <4c7ltf$qv8@bandit.cyberwar.com> <30e7ed1c.50295535@news.metronet.com> <30E7B855.4D69@ix.netcom.com> <linger-0101961329420001@linger.norden1.com> <adtDKKpFq.IC4@netcom.com> <4ceqdd$pbq@meaddata.lexis-nexis.com> <30ECC158.5289@osu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dolphin.lexis-nexis.com