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From: stores@unix.SRI.COM (Matt Mora)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Protected mamory (SIC)
Message-ID: <30717@sri-unix.SRI.COM>
Date: 17 May 89 15:26:08 GMT
References: <1989May11.193812.2552@cs.rochester.edu> <8288@fluke.COM>
Reply-To: stores@unix.sri.com (Matt Mora)
Organization: SRI, Menlo Park, CA.
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In article <8288@fluke.COM> mce@tc.fluke.COM (Brian McElhinney) writes:
>In article <1989May11.193812.2552@cs.rochester.edu> miller@CS.ROCHESTER.EDU (Brad Miller) writes:
>>
>>Protection issues needed to support multiple users aren't an issue with
>>single users.
>
>That's hard to swallow.  So it isn't an issue that a bug in my word processor
>can crash my machine?  Taking my spreadsheet, drawing program, and everything
>else with it?  I would personally (almost!) trade all the new features in
>System 7.0 for memory protection.


Its been along time since I used switcher, but I recall that it had
excellent crash protection. Its seemed more robust than multi-finders.
Back then I guess things were much more simpler :-)


Just my $0.02 worth.




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Matthew Mora
SRI International                       stores@unix.sri.com
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