On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 11:39:43AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > My problem with Moore's law or the other things that pass for Moore's > > law is that it is intrinsically wasteful. Yes, it's great that every > > year there is more speed, cheaper memory and disk capacity. Yeaa. But > > should it be our aspiration to write such bloated and sloppy > > applications that we need this horsepower just to keep the same apparent > > performance? > > Hold on! These "wasteful" apps are giving you benefits as well. > Easier languages, better UIs, etc. >
There are trade offs, and in the same post I vigorously defended interpreted languages (I think maybe Java was the target of the original raspberry). But nothing justifies StarOffice nor just about any of the bloat in M$. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 Tcl/Tk Enthusiast -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
