On 12/5/95 Mon, 4 Dec 1995 20:33:31 +0200, Eric Thomas wrote: >Yes, there will be a Mac version. This being said, before you get too >enthusiastic about the Mac becoming the LISTSERV server of choice, you >may want to question someone who knows both the Mac and other systems >well, and ask about the Mac's multitasking capabilities. When you're >handling 100k daily deliveries or more, multitasking is everything. As nearly as I can tell, the Mac multitasks as well as WinDOZE 95. Neither OS really does interrupt driven multitasking. Until recently the Mac's cooperative multitasking tended to bog down when applications were doing a lot of I/O. Using the multi-threading extension and some other tricks available with third-party software such as SpeedDoubler, the I/O slowdown is MUCH less of a problem although interrupt driven multitasking will be superior. The trade press hasn't been clear about whether the new MacOS currently scheduled for mid-96 will be a truly interrupt driven OS (it *was* supposed to be, but then so was Win95 in the original specs). Apple has been at work on the next two generations of the MacOS (codenames Copeland and Gershwin) for a couple of years. "Gershwin," if it ships in our lifetime, WILL be interrupt driven; Copeland seems to be shedding features as it nears completion :-( If we get a PowerMac to run LISTSERV on, we'll probably dedicate it to nothing but serving lists. /s Murphy A. Sewall <[log in to unmask]> (860) 486-2489 voice Professor of Marketing (860) 456-7725 fax http://mktg.sba.uconn.edu/MKT/Faculty/Sewall.html