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No one would ever come up with usecases for more than 512kb of memory without first having access to 512kb of memory. You need to use stuff. Only then can you
by Swizec 3y ago
No one would ever come up with usecases for more than 512kb of memory without first having access to 512kb of memory.
You need to use stuff. Only then can you have better ideas.
- hsbauauvhabzb 3y agoThat was a paraphrased quote, made by bill gates. I think we’ve somehow found usecases for >512kb of memory, which was my point. Edit: I’ve conflated parent and grandparents points, I was in the middle of avoiding a social situation while posting.
- aerio 3y agoIn Australia, one government proposed and accepted to build the whole nations internet architecture on fibre. There was a government change, and the next government said "copper is good enough for anyone! No-one needs more than 1mb of internet". To this day we're still trying to upgrade the infrastructure, and replace copper with fibre, and the cost so far is far above twice the initial estimate of cost.
- quesera 3y ago> That was a paraphrased quote, made by bill gates The quote was "640K", and Bill Gates probably didn't actually say it, at least not in a general context, vs "... to run MS-DOS and Visicalc" or similar.