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2017 Apr 12
7
humor (was Re: OT: systemd Poll)
...sed on this. In 1995 is was common for server
platforms to have 32Mb ram whereas the kernel alone in my PC here at home
is consuming just over 500MB. It seems reasonable that software components
built in 1997 will not be fit for purpose in 2017.
* According to perfunctory google search:
http://www.statisticbrain.com/average-historic-price-of-ram/
2017 Apr 12
2
humor (was Re: OT: systemd Poll)
On Wed, April 12, 2017 8:07 am, Alice Wonder wrote:
> On 04/12/2017 05:59 AM, Leroy Tennison wrote:
>> <humor for the day>Why don't we discuss something ***less***
>> controversial, like politics or religion?</humor for the day>
>>
>
> Even when I'm the one complaining (and I don't about systemd), I'm
> always reminded of some TV clip I saw
2017 Apr 12
0
humor (was Re: OT: systemd Poll)
...ommon for server
> platforms to have 32Mb ram whereas the kernel alone in my PC here at home
> is consuming just over 500MB. It seems reasonable that software components
> built in 1997 will not be fit for purpose in 2017.
>
> * According to perfunctory google search:
> http://www.statisticbrain.com/average-historic-price-of-ram/
a) I was speaking in much more general terms than just software.
b) Stuff built then will run unbelievable fast on modern systems - and no,
in the nineties,
we were not manually swapping.
c) If it fulfils its intended purpose, why would you redefine it as n...