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SubjectRE: Linux doing "cooperative multitasking"?
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> Is Linux doing only "cooperative multitasking"?
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>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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