Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...

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From: Dave Glue
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 06:41

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c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir Kylheku) wrote:

>I may have forgotten much of the PC history (good riddance), but I don't
>see how Gates could have influenced the placement of the hardware memory
>apertures.  Did he have some influence in the matter?  I'd definitely
>point the finger at IBM in this case.  Gates can't be blamed for
>_everything_, now!

This is indeed correct.  I think Gates was quoted when asked about the
limitation, and made the famous "640k out to be enough for anyone",
and has thusly been attributed with actually causing the problem- but
Microsoft was NOT responsible for the barrier- IBM was.

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