On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, Yakko J. Warner wrote:
>
> 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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