Messages in this thread |  | | From | Kevin Lentin <> | Subject | Re: GB vs. MB | Date | Tue, 3 Dec 1996 10:58:18 +1100 (EST) |
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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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