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From: kyle@xanth.UUCP (Kyle Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: Big Programs Hurt Performance
Message-ID: <2517@xanth.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 23-Sep-87 02:47:06 EDT
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Keywords: cost of bloated programs

In article <1387@osiris.UUCP>, mjr@osiris.UUCP (Marcus J. Ranum) writes:
> 	Actually, something that I find fascinating is the way that computer
> systems seem to get loaded down by more users and huge windows programs at
> just about the same rate that the hardware speeds up. IE - a system that used
> to support 12 users with good response time is upgraded so it supports 12
> users AND windows AND rwho AND 800 other kluges - with about the same
> response time.

Yes!  This is something that infuriated me when first using our Suns
and is why I find myself working at the console level instead of using
suntools.  And having this nice big font is sooooo much easier on my
eyes.

The same thing has happened to micros.  Faster and cheaper processors
are available so now people are writing multi-tasking operating
systems for them (ignoring the fact that the chips don't have memory
management but that gripe is for another time.)