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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
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Posted: Fri Dec  4 13:06:43 1987
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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