On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Bill Wendling wrote:
> Also sprach Matti Aarnio:
> } On Wed, Jan 05, 2000 at 03:37:06PM -0600, Bill Wendling wrote:
> } ...
> } > I'll put my foot squarly in my mouth and predict that, in 38 years,
> } > people will think that running anything on a machine less than 1GHz speed
> } > for a production machine is nothing short of insanity.
> }
> [snip...energy consumption argument]
> }
> } So yes, while 64-bits and perhaps even 128 bits will appear
> } sometime into the mainstream, the 32-bit platform will not
> } disappear for quite a while.
> }
> My main point was that 38 years is a LONG TIME in the computer industry.
> Are you still using Wordperfect 5.1 on a 386 DOS machine at 40 MHz? It
> requires much less energy than the Windows boxen running at 200+MHz and
> it has the added feature that secretaries really liked it and the Windows
> version of the same product sucked (from what I understand). That was 10
> years ago...
FYI I have a 286 running WP 5.1.... It takes the word processing work off
the pentium and K6.
Never assume what is or isn't in use.
Gerhard
-- Gerhard Mack<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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