2.6.31 kernel

Jon M. Hanson jon at the-hansons-az.net
Thu Aug 27 20:36:35 MST 2009


Bill Gates never said that. It's a computer urban legend.

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On Aug 27, 2009, at 8:32 PM, James Mcphee <jmcphe at gmail.com> 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 <phrkonaleash at gmail.com>  
> 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.
>
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