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Removed: "UNIX, designed as a "single user" operating system in the 1970s, included most of the multitasking capabilities of its multi-user cousin MULTIX?, and is today used for both purposes." Bad example because it is mostly untrue. Unix was very briefly a single user system, but got both multi-user and multi-tasking features very early, and at about the same time.
Perhaps we could find a better example of multitasking being recognized as a useful feature even in a single user OS, such as a PC OS? Paragraph 8 ("Although the original purpose behind the design...") would be a good place for it. --D

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