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From: "Arkady V.Belousov" <ark AT belous DOT munic DOT msk DOT su>
Date: Sat,  2 Dec 2000 14:26:58 +0300 (MSK)
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Hi!

2-δΕΛ-2000 12:00 dos DOT fire AT aon DOT at (Florian Xaver) wrote to <opendos AT delorie DOT com>:

>>PM> DV is not a true multi-tasker, it shares CPU time between applications
>>PM> loaded, just like Gates' stupid WINDOZE does.
>>     Wrong. Yes, Win 3.x is an "preemtive multasking" (i.e. cooperative
>>multitasking) but Win95 is an... hm, forget the word which describes
>>displaced multitasking... for Win95 native apps, also as DV, Linux and... NT.
FX> Wrong :))
FX> Win3.x and Win9x are cooperative multitasking, The latest version Desqview
FX> (not older versions) and Dr-DOS taskmanager (7.03) are pre-emptive
FX> multitasking which is much better.

     Oh, yes. :( I muddle the "preemptive" word with "cooperative". But I
mistake only in this: Win 3.x cooperative for "Win3 apps" and preemptive for
DOS apps. Win95 cooperative for "Win3 apps" (for compatability reasons)
_but_ preemptive for both DOS and "Win95" apps. Yes, Win95 have some jams
when both Win3 and Win95 apps call, say, GDI, but this is another history.