Now if we would just run MS-DOS and our old Foxpro for DOS programs, then we'd really see the full force of the hardware improvements.
Remember when doubling the processor doubled the complete throughput of your software? Now with all the needless bloat, you have to buy faster hardware to keep up with the software bloat. If you could run my old DOS programs on new hardware without running them in a window, they'd run at the speed of light. ************************************************************************ "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of Democrats." - Sarah Palin, Sept 4, 2008 Right Wing Mike http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike --- On Thu, 9/18/08, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: FPW 2.6 apps compatible with Vista? > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 5:10 PM > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Alan Bourke > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Since 64-bit has been around for years and has yet to > make any serious > > impact on server or desktop, and since even 32-bit is > fine for most > > applications unless you need to address absolute scads > of memory, I > > wouldn't fret about 128-bit any time soon. > > Well, as Paul McNett points out, there's a curve we can > plot that > tends to indicate otherwise. And high-end video card GPUs > are already > 128-bit processing internally. Once the folks work out the > kinks on > the holographic nanoscale memory, or whatever technology, > we'll all be > walking around with PDAs in our pocket protectors with > petabytes of > storage. And then we'll need 128 bits of address space. > Just a matter > of time and evolution. > > Beats the heck out of Hollerith cards. > > -- > Ted Roche > Ted Roche & Associates, LLC > http://www.tedroche.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
