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From: berger@datacube.UUCP
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Subject: Re: NFS future enhancements?
Message-ID: <101900002@datacube>
Date: Wed, 19-Nov-86 12:42:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 19 12:42:00 1986
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Nf-From: datacube.UUCP!berger    Nov 19 12:42:00 1986


Try running large programs, accessing framestores, multitasking, 
switching between MS-DOS and Unix, trying to interupt a job if its not
doing any I/O, doing things with interupts, any form of concurrency, not
having the programmer act like an MMU, easily have objects that are larger
than 64k, pass more than 5 command line options or file names, have large
environments, run NFS and another program..... The list goes on and on.

The IBM PC and in particular MS-DOS was a giant step backwards for computers.
Sure everyone can have one, but everyone is forced to be stuck with the 
limitations of early 70's technology (limited address space, single tasking).

I consider it to be a curse on the computer industry and the computer user
and ESPECIALLY the computer programmers.

			Bob Berger 

Datacube Inc. 4 Dearborn Rd. Peabody, Ma 01960 	617-535-6644
	
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