25 Mar
2005
25 Mar
'05
1:53 p.m.
David V. Corbin wrote:
> It STILL takes the same amount of time for a system to boot..
> It STILL takes the same amount of time to format a disk..
> It STILL takes the same amount of time to install a (basic) OS
> It STILL takes the same amount of time to customize the OS
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, Jim Leonard wrote:
Not really surprising: As much as computing power has
increased, software
complexity has increased right along with it. Everything you mentioned is a
software issue.
Very simply,
Boyle's law (software expands to use all available resources)
outpaces Moore's law (performance doubles every 18 months)
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com