Remember back when Billy said &quot;<em>640K</em> is <em>more</em> memory <em>than anyone</em> will ever <em>need&quot;  ?<br><br></em> 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?<br>
<br>I&#39;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.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Ryan Rix <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:phrkonaleash@gmail.com">phrkonaleash@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">Jim March wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;To put things back on firm earth and on-topicness... Why on earth would<br>
&gt; Linus even waste his time on trying to get this much memory addressed in<br>
&gt; the kernel? What is the rational behind it, besides being a publicity<br>
&gt; stunt?&lt;&lt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; It ensures Linux maintains dominance in supercomputing, and yeah, that<br>
&gt; IS a publicity stunt...but what&#39;s wrong with that as long as it<br>
&gt; doesn&#39;t hurt lesser systems?<br>
<br>
</div>I didn&#39;t say it was wrong at all. I just think it&#39;s a little unnecessary.<br>
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