Re: Kernel memory consumption

Damien Miller (dmiller@prometheus.projectx.com.au)
Fri, 28 Nov 1997 13:46:34 +0900 (EST)

On Thu, 27 Nov 1997, linux kernel account wrote:

> Btw- consider 5million users spending 2minutes to reboot their computer
> (in order to defragment their memory).. Assuming they are being
> payed $5.15/hr for that time (US minimum wage):
>
> It wastes over 853,000 dollars..

When you apply this logic to Win95, with its unreliability and large
userbase the numbers get real frightening.

Regards,
Damien