On 11/18/24 13:02, Neal Gompa wrote: [ .. ]>
Also, disk space available on systems has curiously enough remained mostly the same in 20 years. There was a brief period where storage *did* go up, but the introduction of flash storage brought storage back down on most computer systems. It's also wildly expensive to have a lot of storage on portable computers, which are now what most people have. And bandwidth costs vary based on what part of the world you live in. It's cheaper in Europe than it is in the Americas and especially in Asia and Africa.
Define 'a lot'. That perception has shifted over time. And disk space did go up: 20 years ago system drives were measured in Megabytes, 10 years ago in Gigabytes, and nowadays in Terabytes. (And I have an entire cupboard full with disks to prove that.) (IBM DNES-309170: 9 GB, manufactured 1999) (Quantum Atlas: 28.4 GB, manufactured 2000) (Hitachi Deskstar: 250 GB, manufactured 2006) (WD RE4: 500GB, manufactured 2010) (WD DC HC670: 25TB, manufactured 2023) (Serial numbers upon request) Cheers, Hannes -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke Kernel Storage Architect hare@suse.de +49 911 74053 688 SUSE Software Solutions GmbH, Frankenstr. 146, 90461 Nürnberg HRB 36809 (AG Nürnberg), GF: I. Totev, A. McDonald, W. Knoblich