Bill Gates never said that. It's a computer urban legend. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 27, 2009, at 8:32 PM, James Mcphee wrote: > Remember back when Billy said "640K is more memory than anyone will > ever need" ? > > For those of us that do, it really DID seem like a lot. You could > fit your ENTIRE program in memory. Why would you need such a thing? > > I'm gonna save this thread for 20 years from now I can add it to the > Bill Gates quote and that one in popular science about computers > fitting in a room. > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Ryan Rix > wrote: > Jim March wrote: > > >>>To put things back on firm earth and on-topicness... Why on earth > would > > Linus even waste his time on trying to get this much memory > addressed in > > the kernel? What is the rational behind it, besides being a > publicity > > stunt?<< > > > > It ensures Linux maintains dominance in supercomputing, and yeah, > that > > IS a publicity stunt...but what's wrong with that as long as it > > doesn't hurt lesser systems? > > I didn't say it was wrong at all. I just think it's a little > unnecessary. > > -- > Ryan Rix > (623)-826-0051 > > Fortune: > Life -- Love It or Leave It. > > http://hackersramblings.wordpress.com | http://twitter.com/ > phrkonaleash > XMPP: phrkonaleash@gmail.com | MSN: phrkonaleash@yahoo.com > AIM: phrkonaleash | Yahoo: phrkonaleash > IRC: PhrkOnLsh@irc.freenode.net/#srcedit,#teensonlinux,#plugaz and > countless other FOSS channels. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > James McPhee > jmcphe@gmail.com > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss