You, (Merlin Moncure) said: > Technical discussions from the 80's are more or less historically interesting only. I agree with your technical points - and the fact that I brought up "history". I was replying to Justin in this context: I wrote: > AIUI, Michael Stonebraker suggested that the process model > would/should be "upgraded" to a threaded one at some point in the > system's developement? To which Justin replied: > I am going to need a source on this. Process vs Threads: pro and cons are very well documented and proven today. Hence the history lesson - to provide the "source" from Michael Stonebraker HTH. > merlin -- El!