Michael:
I am constantly impressed not only with the depth of your technical
knowledge, but with your ability to make complex things /understandable/
(even after three beers -- I just came back from Seattle's first "drink
exchange" a al SanFran's).
Thank you so much for participating in this manner on this list.
Question: Where is OS2 in this spectrum?
Kathy
(who is going to re-read this in the AM)
At 5:07 PM -0500 5/8/98, Michael A. Stone wrote:
>> >I can have eudora checking mail in the background while I'm using
>> >Netscape or BBEdit or PhotoShop .... Isn't that multitasking?
>>
>> Sort of. It's Apple's 'cooperative' multitasking, a form of
>> multitasking (albeit a less elegant one). For a good
>> demonstration of it's weakness, click and hold on a menu item
>> the next time you're making your Mac work (such as downloading a
>> file, etc.). Watch the whole thing come to a grinding halt until
>> you release your mouse button.
>
>looks like an invitation to geek out if i ever saw one.. ;-)
>
>(BTW - Frank: if you really want to glaze your trainees' eyes, give them
>this as part of the OSI level-1 protocols. it doesn't relate to
>networking per se, but it does give you some idea of how various operating
>systems manage programs)
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