>Linux indeed is limited by the 640k while booting up. Thats why it
>needs to be compressed, or you do 'make bzImage' if the kernel is too
>big. But one its up and running, there's no limit, unless you count 4
>GB as a 'limit' :)
So you say that "4 GB is enough for anyone!" Let's check that out. If we
assume that RAM will increase in the same speed as it has (eg. M$ is still
in buissness)
A small table to calculate:
Year RAM
1980 .5M (512K)
1999 64M or even 128M
4096M will then be reached:
Based on 64M:
procentual: 2015
exponential: 2016
Based on 128M:
procentual: 2011
exponential: 2011
Of course this would be better if 1991 4M, 1995 16M was added to the table
before calculating (or other numbers). But I made it easy for me :) Besides
the two forms presented results that are close enough to each other. On the
other hand one might say that RAM has increased more in later years than in
the begining (more since Windows got out). I think that Windows 2010 (out
in stores in 2011) will require *atleast* 4G - and probably more to run
smoothly. We'll just have to wait and see what has happend in 11 years ;)
Interesting in a magazine (not computer magazine, but scientific) I saw
that, and I quote, "The important OS will only have memmory for the date
until this day" - it was 2032 (or whatever it is Linux has, I checked up
what OS they meant soon after). Interesting that they thought that that was
the most important. It can't be anything else since Win98 "bugs out" at
2000 (yes, M$ has confirmed but not made a bug-fix so far), Win95 at 2002
or 2003 and DOS (almost any version) at 2100. (Win 3.x and 95 might have
troubles at 2000 if you care about date order presented in WinFile)
Interesting, the time seems to be smaller and smaller. Probably so M$ can
sell even more new versions with more bugs.
BTW: When does OS/2 stop work? (3.x and 4.x)
//Bernie
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