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From: JOHNSOND%ibm-sj.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa
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Subject: Multiuser systems
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Date: Fri, 22-Jun-84 20:36:03 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 22 20:36:03 1984
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From:  Dion Johnson <JOHNSOND%ibm-sj.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa>

I submit that to  attempt to support multiple  users on a computer  which does
not have storage protection (of some kind)  is a waste of time, no matter  how
fast the damn thing is.  To a lesser degree, the same holds for  multitasking.
So long as  I can sit  down and with  a couple of  carefully chosen statements
bring the whole system down, then the system dare not be used for any critical
work.  Whaddaya think?