Is UNIX(TM) Multi-User?

[William E. Davidsen Jr]

In article <4871 at netnews.upenn.edu> spolsky at eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Joel Spolsky) writes:
| In article <11945 at steinmetz.ge.com|  davidsen at crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
| | In article <365 at pigs.UUCP> haugj at pigs.UUCP (Joe Bob Willie) writes:

	[ joe's question, my answer, joel's agreement with me ]

| Right! For example, OS/2 (ack barf) is a multitasking operating system
| that will never work very well for multiple users, simply because the
| assumption that there is only one user is so pervasive:

	[ good reason's not to run OS/2 on your VAX ]

One other which comes to mind: processes are allowed to diddle their
own priority. I like the idea, but only if I'm the only one allowed to
use it!

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	bill davidsen		(wedu at ge-crd.arpa)
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