Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 19:25:10 -0600 (CST)
From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
To: "'OpenDOS newsgroup'" <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: Re: [opendos] prospective user questions
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On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, Matthias Paul wrote:
> On Mon, 10th Mar 1997 17:53, Jon Visick asked many questions:

> > Does it allow for controlling applications which do not give up 
> > their time slice on their own?  
> Yes, it's preemptive multitasking!  That's one of the major advantages 
> compared to Windows 3.xx/95.

Does this mean you can shoot and kill a task without crashing the rest of
the system?

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