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From: chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: How do we change the scheduler? (Was Re: Multitasking at home...)
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Date: 26 Jan 91 04:05:28 GMT
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kdarling@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes:
><11836@goofy.Apple.COM> lsr@Apple.com (Larry Rosenstein) writes:
>|<17913@cbmvax.commodore.com>, daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie):
>| 
>|> updated, at best, when an application is started up.  On the Amiga, an 
>|> application can not only import a file, but ask the filesystem to send it a
>|> message if that file ever changes.
>|
>|And that's what happens under System 7 (via the Edition Manager).  
>
>And OS9 L-II 3.0 had it.  And I suspect most OS's will before very long,
>if they don't already.  OS's seem to be converging at a rapid rate.
>It's just a matter of time before they all look quite similar to the
>programmer.  Dunno if that's good or bad (I tend to think "good").
>
>Sidenote: I'm not sure why some mention that System 7 isn't out yet.
>Amiga 2.0 isn't out yet for 500's, I thought.  And sure won't be for
>my A1000 :-(.  This kind of argument is a two-way street; and obviously
>nulls out within a fairly short period of time.  cheers - kev

BUT 2.0 *IS* available to 3000 owners.  7.0 is only available to developers. 
bringing 2.0 into ANY argument is quite valid because of all the 3000 owners
that use it.  when a Mac ships whith ANY version of 7.0 then it too can be
brought into the fray of things.

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