It's not 512, it's 640, you show your lack of knowledge about the 640k barrier in the early dos days. The word is he said "640k should be enough for anybody" although there is no official citation, however many places cite him as saying this in 1981 during an interviw. He has denied saying this in an interview some time ago published in the Huntsville Times, article no longer available.
They said it all in an April Fools joke a few years ago. The following is verbatim from http://www.google.com/googlegulp/faq.html
Man, if you pressure us, you just drive us away. We'll commit when we're ready, okay? Besides, what's so great about taking things out of beta? It ruins all the romance, the challenge, the possibilities, the right to explore. Carpe diem, ya know? Maybe we're jaded, but we've seen all these other companies leap headlong into 1.0, thinking their product is exactly what they've been dreaming of all their lives, that everything is perfect and hunky-dory â" and the next thing you know some vanilla copycat release from Redmond is kicking their butt, the Board is holding emergency meetings and the CEO is on CNBC blathering sweatily about "a new direction" and "getting back to basics." No thanks, man. We like our freedom.
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It's not 512, it's 640, you show your lack of knowledge about the 640k barrier in the early dos days. The word is he said "640k should be enough for anybody" although there is no official citation, however many places cite him as saying this in 1981 during an interviw. He has denied saying this in an interview some time ago published in the Huntsville Times, article no longer available.
They said it all in an April Fools joke a few years ago. The following is verbatim from http://www.google.com/googlegulp/faq.html Man, if you pressure us, you just drive us away. We'll commit when we're ready, okay? Besides, what's so great about taking things out of beta? It ruins all the romance, the challenge, the possibilities, the right to explore. Carpe diem, ya know? Maybe we're jaded, but we've seen all these other companies leap headlong into 1.0, thinking their product is exactly what they've been dreaming of all their lives, that everything is perfect and hunky-dory â" and the next thing you know some vanilla copycat release from Redmond is kicking their butt, the Board is holding emergency meetings and the CEO is on CNBC blathering sweatily about "a new direction" and "getting back to basics." No thanks, man. We like our freedom.