Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!rosevax!rose3!dan From: dan@rose3.Rosemount.COM (Dan Messinger) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Single tasking the wave of the future? Message-ID: <296@rose3.Rosemount.COM> Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 13:06:43 EST Article-I.D.: rose3.296 Posted: Fri Dec 4 13:06:43 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Dec-87 05:18:41 EST References: <201@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> <388@sdcjove.CAM.UNISYS.COM> <988@edge.UUCP> <2581@mmintl.UUCP> <3445@hoptoad.uucp> Reply-To: dan@rose3.UUCP (Dan Messinger) Organization: Rosemount Inc., Burnsville, MN Lines: 17 In article <3445@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes: >> Another trend... ...is that towards individual >> (single-user) computers. The future of multi-tasking on such machines is >> very much in question... >Does anybody seriously believe this? I don't. I don't either. Single user workstations are definitely becoming more popular. But single tasking? Never. Who wants to tie up their computer just to get a listing? And I frequently will find other things to do while my programs are compiling (Rogue, if nothing else :-). And then their is network activity or uucp. Multitasking is a necessity! So it should be part of the operating system instead of kludged into the applications (e.g., the print spooler in MS-DOS) Dan Messinger