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Mark H. Wood Wrote ...
> >
> > Yes. Real tools should display real information.
>
> Amen. The sheep will continue to buy Win95 anyway. Let more refined
> operating systems appeal to more discriminating tastes. It's not like
> the stockholders are going to call for our replacement if sales are down. :-)

Ummm, Win95 (be it a real tool or not) uses _real_ megabytes: 2^20. So, if
Linux were to change it would probably be the only OS out there that has
conceded to the drive manufacturers. If Microsoft can hold out, then we
certainly can.

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