lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1996]   [Dec]   [3]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
From
SubjectRe: GB vs. MB
Date

Kevin Lentin wrote this:
>
>Mark H. Wood Wrote ...
>> >
>> > Yes. Real tools should display real information.
>>
>> Amen. The sheep will continue to buy Win95 anyway. Let more refined
>> operating systems appeal to more discriminating tastes. It's not like
>> the stockholders are going to call for our replacement if sales are down. :-)
>
>Ummm, Win95 (be it a real tool or not) uses _real_ megabytes: 2^20. So, if
>Linux were to change it would probably be the only OS out there that has
>conceded to the drive manufacturers. If Microsoft can hold out, then we
>certainly can.

i'm not sure that changing the definition of 1GB to be 1000*1000000 is the
Right Thing. as far as i'm concerned, the hard drive manufacturers'
marketroids screwed up, and 1GB _is_ 1024*1048576..

'kay bye.
Yakko [who's too lazy to alter his sig to make it Chris's..]

\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\
\ A!JW22 WAR+++i^ P&B++ HN+++! SL++i^ RI++ I++++ \ yakko@village.ios.com \
\ P++ Dai T428 $++++dmvap E70a H5 PonSadMeal \ yakkoj@ix.netcom.com \
\ Vr++m++ Xpackage \ yakko@wtower.com \
\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:38    [W:0.039 / U:1.744 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site