Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Dec 2001 19:06:52 -0200 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: Configure.help editorial policy |
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On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 03:47:50PM -0500, Benjamin LaHaise wrote: > On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 06:36:22PM -0200, Rik van Riel wrote: > > > Also, a GB of disk space really is 2^10 * 10^6 ...
> But what Rik points out shows that right now there is ambiguity > BECAUSE OF LACK OF STANDARDIZATION --- because GB is vague at the very > best, disk manufactures get to claim nice marketing numbers.
Actually, I was more trying to ridicule the people who believe we have any chance in hell of "getting it right".
Personally I believe we should stick to tradition. Better let people be confused about the last 10% of capacity than confused about the meaning of the text ...
cheers,
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