Bernie wrote:
>
> >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)
At that time this limited will be moved. IIRC this limit has changed at
least twice, and everything is still compatible, so over 4 GB is
probably not a final limit neither.
>
> 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
DOS & Windows & Linux & many other Unix based OS's (yes, in the end Windows
is a Unix clone as well) all use the same system to track time. Count days
since a certain date 1 januari 1971 IIRC. The counter just runs out somewhere
around 2032 for Mac this is 2079 (again IIRC). Just using a bigger counter
fixes this problem. Some Unices already do this, most other OS's will soon
follow as it raises less compatibility problems as Y2K.
> BTW: When does OS/2 stop work? (3.x and 4.x)
As it's Unix based as well (Unix->MS Irix->(MS & IBM cooperation)->NT + OS/2
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