Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Yakko J. Warner" <> | Subject | Re: GB vs. MB | Date | Tue, 3 Dec 1996 18:39:54 -0500 (EST) |
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Kevin Lentin wrote this: > >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.
i'm not sure that changing the definition of 1GB to be 1000*1000000 is the Right Thing. as far as i'm concerned, the hard drive manufacturers' marketroids screwed up, and 1GB _is_ 1024*1048576..
'kay bye. Yakko [who's too lazy to alter his sig to make it Chris's..]
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