Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

[Paul]

On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Revenant wrote:

>> Have you noticed that the OS is getting bigger and bigger? They are
>> pushing our resources to their limits.
>
>  <shrug>  Our resource limits are increasing.  Most software aims to
>take maximum advantage of the hardware available.  Now that the industry
>standard machine is a PIII, I'd be disappointed if the OS didn't have
>additional functionality.

But not more speed.
Lotus 1.2.3 version 1 that ran on the original 8086 is equally fast as
excel2000 on the 800Mhz P-III.

Paul

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