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From: seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan)
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Subject: Re: Re^2: Macintosh OS
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Date: 8 Jun 90 18:15:28 GMT
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In article <355@three.MV.COM> cory@three.MV.COM (Cory Kempf) writes:
>A properly written user oriented program would check for events frequently, 
>even in the middle of a heavy duty CPU burst.  That is just good user 
>oriented development though.  Remember: The USER is in control.

And that is why the MacOS is not a "true" OS.  Because the *USER* (actually,
the application) is in control, not the OS.

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