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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: give me solid facts: why is the mac better than MeSsy DOS/WINDOWS
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Date: 30 Mar 91 06:37:21 GMT
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In article <10212@hub.ucsb.edu> doner@henri.UUCP (John Doner) writes:
>
>The "normal capabilities," which most commercial Mac programs nowadays
>seem to have, include the ability of an application program to have
>several documents open at once in separate windows.  Given that,
>what's the point of running several copies of the same program?
>
	Admittedly it isn't all too common, but it does have its
uses. If you have a sound player program, or a image display
program, you might want to have multiple sounds/pictures
displayed at once.
	You might have two or more serial ports and want a
communications program running on each. Same with printing via
parallel ports. You get the idea. It isn't rampantly useful, but
it can be used.

>John E. Doner	doner@henri.ucsb.edu	(805)893-3941
>Dept. Mathematics, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA 93106


	-- Ethan

Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb
A: None. It's a hardware problem.