Duh, DOS wasn't actually multitasking, so it wouldn't work there.

Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> & in a Windows prompt has a different meaning. a & b is like Unix's "a; b;"
> (runs both commands, one after the other) and a && b is the same as in Unix
> (runs both commands, but if a fails then b isn't run).

Now that makes me curious what Windows would do if you entered a command 
with nothing after the ampersand. I may need to track down a Windows 
system and play with it. :-)

>  Either that or I start cygwin :)

I've reached the point where I can't be productive in Windows without 
Cygwin. :-P

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William Tracy
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    It occurred to him that now he was going to be not only the first 
man on Mars, but the first detective. He grinned at the thought, and the 
last action of the omegendorph set his nerves aglow.
     -- Kim Stanley Robinson, _Red Mars_

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