Lorenzo Fernando Bivens de la Fuente wrote:
What did get so wrong that now people are willing to pay for a 1GiB ram minimum resource predator?
1. We allowed the revenue generation plans of the processor & memory manufacturers drive the client machine design agenda through their software partners and their layers of VARs
2. We allowed standards-by-committees-of-committees uberdemocracy to prevent real design sense (as directed from one good brain) from prevailing
3. We prevented any form of DCPA (duly constituted public authority) from being able to say: "No, you are not permitted to add another layer of abstraction to get around the committee-driven standards. You'll have to convince me that the standards need to be changed."
But there's a silver lining. With every passing day it becomes more apparent to the slightly smarter than average bloke (or blokette) that things have gotten out of hand. One must hit bottom for there to be a desire for change...
See minutes 1:43 - 1:54 of this video: rtsp://ibs.itu.int/archives3/wsis/200805c5/22pm.qt
