On 10 Dec 2002, 23:18:30, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > I was digging through some old papers and found this from nearly a > decade ago: > > (Dec. 21) > I'm getting tired of lazy, slovenly, good-for-nothing programmers > wasting my hard-earned hard disk space with their frivolous code. > My first PC hard disk had a 10MB capacity. These days, I can think of > individual applications that consume more space.
In one of my more perverse claims to pride, I actually issue a purchase order to IBM for a 5 MB 5.25" Full Height hard-drive for $4100 in 1984, to be installed in an IBM PC. And it was a godsend . . . When PC DASD (Hard-Drives) hit $1/MB, I was in shock. Now it's $1/GB. When PC RAM hit $1/MB I was really in shock. Now you can get 1 GB or RAM for a little over $100 . . . I hate being old. madmac -- Doug MacFarlane [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
