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Re:Computer Scientists’ Trivia by hultner on Thursday February 02, 2017 @04:17AM (#13549188)
As I remember it everyone used to do this (at least in the 90s and early 00s). If I recall correctly Apple only switched to power of ten in 10.6 which is quite recently. I suppose Microsoft may be the one causing confusion today as they keep the user facing power of two system alive (?)
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Re:Computer Scientists’ Trivia by sspiff on Thursday February 02, 2017 @04:23AM (#13549207)
It's possible that other systems did the same. I think the impact of Microsoft's decision to use this labeling is by far the greatest, though, given the spread and popularity of Windows for the past 25-30 years.
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