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From: bakken@hrsw2.UUCP (David E. Bakken)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Multi-tasking? A nightmare...
Message-ID: <41@hrsw2.UUCP>
Date: 23 Dec 87 16:50:56 GMT
References: <2027@bath63.ux63.bath.ac.uk> <2959@cbmvax.UUCP> <533@otto.COM>
Organization: Boeing Commercial Aircraft Co., Seattle, Wa.
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Summary: average user easily comprehends and exploits multitasking

In article <533@otto.COM>, rex@otto.COM (Rex Jolliff) writes:
> 
> I think, however, that the first time home (or other) computer user will not
> realize or utilize the full potential of Multitasking for quite a while.  They
> will have enough fun just making the computer do things one at a time.
> 
I can't count how many non-technical types I've shown Amy and they have
no problem comprehending what multitasking can do for them if they are
given a few examples.  Once the light goes on they tend to use it often.
Heck, I don't even need to show then Amy - 4 or 5 well chosen sentences
does the trick.  Which is why I am really dissapointed (to put it mildly)
that C= has not run commercials that help people to see the light.  That
should be easy to accomplish in a 60 second spot, maybe even in 30 seconds.
Peter's commercial idea with Big Blue, Mac, Amy, and the flunky was a
classical case in point.

-- 
Dave Bakken
Boeing Commercial Airplane Company
uw-beaver!apcisea!tahoma!hrsw2!bakken 		(206) 234-2039
(generic) disclaimer: these views are my own, not my employers.