Messages in this thread | | | From | Michael Nelson <> | Subject | RE: Linux doing "cooperative multitasking"? | Date | Wed, 27 Nov 1996 13:09:13 -0500 |
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> > Is Linux doing only "cooperative multitasking"? >
>No. Cooperative multitasking is a severely broken method, which as far as >I know is only used by M$ WinDog. Trusting the applications to multitask >was stupid when M$ started to use it, and the people who have created and >now maintain Linux would never use such a bad multitasking method.
Actually, it's also used by Novell Netware. In certain situations, it can be put to good use.
-- Mike
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