>>>>> ""Simon" == "Simon J Gerraty" <sjg@zen.void.oz.au> writes:

>> i agree.  i totally hate it.
Simon> I recall some years ago working on a Pyramid system that had a
Simon> facility where the admin could set a fixed priority for
Simon> certain apps.

Simon> A field in the exec header contains the value, and presumably
Simon> the scheduler does not adjust priority if the field is set.

Simon> Anyone else think this would be a useful feature?

	I believe that this is easily addressed by 'dm' --- the
executable that rules all the games provided on NetBSD.

Dave.

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