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From: jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams)
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Subject: Re: give me solid facts: why is the mac better than MeSsy DOS/WINDOWS
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Date: 4 Mar 91 07:15:03 GMT
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In article <4197@gmdzi.gmd.de> strobl@gmdzi.gmd.de (Wolfgang Strobl) writes:
>aard@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Anthony C. Ard) writes:
>
>>What is multitasking really like in Windows? How is it better than
>>Multifinder?
>
>The windows programmer has to do or know nothing special in order to
>allow his program to multitask. 

What a loaded comment!  You neglect to mention that an {MS,PC}Dos
programmer != windows programmer.  Dos programmers are rather used
to assuming they have the entire machine to much around with.
Only with the advent of Windows does a programmer have to be
concerned with sharing system resources via requests instead
of simply taking a port or chunk of memory directly.

Of course, I'm waiting for the day when an IBM PC can format
both A: and B: simultaneously...
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