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From: briand@tekig4.TEK.COM (Brian Diehm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mac Multitasking? (Silly expletive deleted)
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Date: Thu, 20-Aug-87 12:15:02 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 20 12:15:02 1987
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Reply-To: briand@tekig4.UUCP (Brian Diehm)
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>I would just loooove to explain the use of a task monitor and scheduling
>priorities to the average Mac user, who sees the computer as a means to an
>end, not an end in itself.

Unnh, guilty as charged, yer honesty.

C'mon, guys, get real. DOING THINGS with the machine is the whole point. Nerding
out leads to endless discussions on the net of trivial details that don't mean
a whole lot.

I think I know as much as anyone about multitasking, scheduling, etc. I've done
software for 17 years now, and I have a Mac at home and one at work, where I
also use a lot of other systems. Today the nerd wars are Motorola vs. Intel.
Back when I started it was Fortran vs. Algol. Seen with hindsight, it's all too
tedious to care about.

"But the Hackers, Captain! They're so damn EARNEST!!!" Which doesn't mean that
what they do or say matters. If you're hacking for a hobby, that's OK. Just
keep it in perspective, eh? The same advice would do some good for radical
Moslem fundamentalists, or even radical Christian fundamentalists, or even
radical 680x0 fundamentalists...

Maybe the hackers lose sight of the objectives because really, basically, they
have no reason to USE a computer for anything?

-- 
-Brian Diehm     (SDA - Standard Disclaimers Apply)
Tektronix, Inc.
briand@tekig4.TEK.COM   or  {decvax,cae780,uw-beaver}!tektronix!tekig4!briand