ExacLy.. you are correct... that was good for handLing a hardware issues... but the unwanted bLockage may Lead to the probLem of starvation... but the preemption scheduLing which'z not that cost efficient couLd soLve this probLem...
Even the AppLe Machintosh use the non-preemptiv scheduLing...yeah... but the Unix has the BEST soLution.. kerneL programming... :-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Mohammad AbuShady <[email protected]>wrote: > ok well lets see, if i remember right, non preemptive means that no process > could go into running state before the other take's its whole time then goes > into ready state and waits, like no interruptions right ? does that mean > there was no ctrl-alt-del back then ? windows would suck without that, > because you need to kill a process when ever you're using windows, or > restart i guess. > > ~Coalwater~ > > > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Mahesh Konade <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> If iam not wrong, in Microsoft Windows 3.1 non-preemptive scheduLing was >> used.. >> >> was nice for CPU utiLization.. >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:52 AM, DaveyBrasco <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> I remember Windows 3.0. >>> >>> For those of us who can remember when those times. How times have >>> changed haven't they? >>> >>> Anyone familiar with the hacker codenamed Mafiaboy? He brought down >>> CNN, Amazon and some other major websites using Denial-of-Service >>> attacks using a dial-up connection on a Windows 95 or Windows 98 >>> machine. (I can't remember which one, but there's a great biography on >>> him.) >>> >>> http://mafiaboybook.com/ >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
