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From: stevew@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Steven L Wootton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Quattro Pro 3.0
Message-ID: <1991Apr24.004817.21531@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 24 Apr 91 00:48:17 GMT
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In article <2653@umriscc.isc.umr.edu> mcastle@mcs213k.cs.umr.edu (Mike Castle {Nexus}) writes:
>In article <1991Apr19.165121.18856@pa.dec.com> leadfoot@leftlane.ucs.dec.com (Mark Curtis) writes:
>>How much more disk space does this new version need.
>>It seems like everytime a new version of a program comes
>>out, the disk space it consumes is 50% greater than the
>>last version.  Windows programs are even worse, at maybe
>>100% increase.  This has to stop!
>>
>>Mark
>
>My datastructures teacher is fond of saying "Memory is cheap"
>
>Maybe he should add, "but disk space is not."

Heck, disk is cheaper than memory.  $2500/1.2G = $2.08/1M
RAM still goes for $50/1M.

Steve Wootton
stevew@ecn.purdue.edu
stevew@pur-ee.uucp
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