Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 24 Dec 2001 09:46:04 +1100 | | From | Cameron Simpson <> | | Subject | Re: Configure.help editorial policy |
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On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 04:10:30PM -0500, Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com> wrote: | On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 10:00:17AM +1300, Chris Wedgwood wrote: | > 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. | | GiB is not a useful standard because NOBODY USES IT. When it's in | common use, then consider applying it to the kernel, but please, | not before then.
This is poor motivation.
s/GiB/linux/
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