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- From: johnsd2@vccsouth07.its.rpi.edu.its1 (Daniel Norman Johnson)
- Subject: Re: Need to convince boss 486's are *not* w
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- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- References: <1993Jan24.180413.6037@athena.mit.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:48:51 GMT
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- In article 6037@athena.mit.edu, zmonster@athena.mit.edu (Eric M Hermanson) writes:
- >In article <21692@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> putzolu@cs.ucdavis.edu (David Matthew Putzolu) writes:
- >>In article <1993Jan21.020447.24669@athena.mit.edu> Eric M Hermanson,
- >>zmonster@athena.mit.edu writes:
- >>>>MacOS isn't pre-emptive multitasking, I'll admit that, but it's comming
- >>>>up! But with all of thsoe things you said about Mac, it was still
- >>better
- >>>
- >>>If they were to make the MacOS pre-emptive, all the current software
- >>would
- >>>have to be rewritten to accomodate it. You will never ever ever see
- >>>pre-emptive multitasking on a Macintosh.
- >>
- >>Wrongo! There has been a pre-emptive multitasking Macintosh OS
- >>around for several years now, that does NOT require any rewritting.
- >>It's called A/UX, and it CAN run normal Mac apps pre-emptively.
- >>Try to check the facts before you flame.
- >
- >AU/X will NOT run Macintosh apps preemptively. Check YOUR facts.
-
- Actually, I believe it does. It merely does not let them pre-empt
- each other. They all run as one big nasty task. I think.
-
- It would be better if they could pre-empt each other, and it only works
- on very compatible mac apps (none of that low memory stuff now!) but
- in theory it is a doable (or rather, done) thing.
-
- >>
- >>>>than PCs, becuase the only "OK" current multitasker now on the PC
- >>>>platform is OS/2, forget about windows. I don't see next capturing a
- >>>>large share of the marketplace anytime soon, and they don't deserve to.
- >
- >>>It is not next, it is NeXT.
- >>
- >>NeXT is MUCH better than Windows, and probably better than OS/2.
- >>But at several hundred $/copy, it isn't next, it is simply doomed.
- >
- >If you are referring to NeXTSTEP 486 being too expensive, look at what
- >AU/X costs!! If you are crazy enough to pay $700 for AU/X, then it certainly
- >would be much wiser to invest the same amount (or less, NeXT has NOT
- >released the final cost of NeXTSTEP 486) for NeXTSTEP 486.
-
- Really?
-
- I thought NeXTstep 486 was gonna be like $1000?
-
- What's the current word from NeXT-land?
-
-
- ---
- - Dan Johnson
- And God said "Jeeze, this is dull"... and it *WAS* dull. Genesis 0:0
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