> the question is how many application really needs more performance than we have today? The similar question was asked by my otherwise extremely smart colleag

> the question is how many application really needs more performance than we have today? The similar question was asked by my otherwise extremely smart colleague around 1990 ("which plain user will ever need more than 16 MB?") But at least Gates' "640k" is apparently not true: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2534312/operating-systems/the--640k--quote-won-t-go-away----but-did-gates-really-say-it-.html http://www.computerworld.com/article/2534312/operating-syste...