Re: Problems in "Modernizing" a //gs

[bjblackbear@ibm.net (B.J. Major)]

Nathan Mates <nathan@visi.com> wrote:

> In article <19971031144339152254@slip129-37-106-71.wa.us.ibm.net>,
> B.J. Major <bjblackbear@ibm.net> wrote:
> >Not that I've seen it hasn't.  And, Windows 95 also has DOS running
> >underneath it as well.  Just because something has been made practically
> >invisible does not mean it is not there.  Unless/until the architecture
> >of the PC changes in the future, DOS will *always* be there, underneath
> >everything.
> 
>    This is the 90s. NT does not use DOS underneath now, and never will.
> Been available since, oh, 93 or 94. 

Not everyone who has a PC uses NT, FYI.  And NT was not a part of the
discussion--only Win 3.1 and Win '95 were.

> 
> >Where did I claim this, *exactly*????   This is a sentence you
> >fabricated to draw me into yet another argument.  Neither PC or Mac
> >(with the current Mac OS) does *true* multitasking.  
> 
>    Look, as long as you KEEP making these nonsensical claims that have
> nothing to do with reality, you will keep *starting* all these
> arguments and flames. And you deserve all of the pain you get for not
> thinking before posting.

FYI:  His sentence WAS fabrication.  I never, ever claimed that the Mac
OS as it is right now under 0S 8 does true multitasking.  Yet that is
what he said I said.

I'm NOT starting anything.  Mitchell said that both Win 95 and Win 3.1
did some sort of multitasking.  Then he jumped to conclusions that I
somehow claimed that the Mac OS as it now stands does true multitasking.
Wrong!!!  And, Win NT was NEVER a part of the discussion!!  If you are
going to comment on what I say, pay attention to what *I'm* talking
about and what I refer to.  Again, Win NT was never a part of the
discussion (until you brought it up, of course)!!!!

I'm really sick of this constant picking of nits and misquoting that
goes on both in this discussion and in this group in general.  I thought
we were all here to share information, not to get pounced on the minute
someone else has another thought on what's said (or god forbid, a
differing opinion).  And in my case, an attack for something that was
never even talked about.

> 
>    WinNT has protected memory and full preemptive (i.e. 'true')
> multitasking. So does Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris x86, and a whole
> bunch more OSs. 

Again, I never said they didn't.  I hope you enjoy talking to yourself.

> And you deserve all of the pain you get for not
> thinking before posting.

This is in no way related to the above discussion of computers, but I
can think of *plenty* of people who don't think before posting (or who
don't think before making decisions that will affect others) and the
biggest one to come to mind is--yourself.

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