The only reason we are moving towards 1000 is so that storage manufactures can add 10% or so (it gets more as storage increases) to their actual capacity. Why does Wicket have to jump on that bandwagon?
On 6/28/05, Gili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Windows does 1024 but (in my view) this conflicts with the fact most > Windows users think it is 1000. You'd have to be pretty technically > inclined to know about the 1024 thing. Just my 2 cents. > > PS: There is a good chance Microsoft didn't move from 1024 to 1000 > because of backwards compatibility concerns, which is far more > reasonable for an operating system than a webapp framework :) Back in > 1995 when Win95 came out, 1024 was still the standard. > > Gili > > Jonathan Locke wrote: > > > > what does windows report? 1024 or 1000? > > it would be pretty silly to be inconsistent with the world's most > > popular platform's filesystem... > > > > Juergen Donnerstag wrote: > > > >> This was a request from Gili. > >> > >> "We should use 1 kilobyte = 1000 bytes as mention here: > >> http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/kilobyte > >> > >> This standard has been around since at least 1998 and I > >> personally believe most people think in terms of this > >> standard anyway (i.e. decimal, not binary system)." > >> > >> Based on the answers I have seen so far, we agree on this change. It > >> that correct? What are your votes? > >> > >> Juergen > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------- > >> SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > >> from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > >> informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > >> speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&opÌk > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wicket-develop mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-develop > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > > _______________________________________________ > > Wicket-develop mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-develop > > > > -- > http://www.desktopbeautifier.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Wicket-develop mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-develop > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click _______________________________________________ Wicket-develop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-develop
