Windows has not used co-operative multi-tasking since Windows 3.1.
Preemptive multi-tasking was introduced in Windows 95.  Perhaps what you
are thinking of is that all 16-bit programs run in one virtual machine.

----- Original Message -----
From: Frank R. Brown <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 5:57 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Questions and sanity check for planned system


> I've really come to *hate* dos/windows.  windows is buggy and
> leaky (and there's no evidence that it will ever get fixed), and
> its cooperative multitasking model (and model for use of other
> system resources) makes it subject to the whims and bugs of
> whatever rogue program you might be running.

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