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Re:Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Way in the Fut... by rorykoehler on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @09:35AM (#20459280)
No one will ever need more than 64kb ram - Bill Gates
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Re:Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Way in the Fut... by tyingq on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @09:42AM (#20459350)
He didn't say that, and it was 640k at the time.
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Re:Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Way in the Fut... by spoppy on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @09:53AM (#20459476)
It’s usually ‘640kb ought to be enough for anybody’

Which probably wasn’t actually from Bill Gates

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2534312/the--640k--quo...

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Re:Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Way in the Fut... by sodafountan on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @01:19PM (#20461825)
I think that's a misinterpretation of the quote, Gates didn't say "More than 64kb of Ram may never be possible" he simply argued against its practicality at the time.
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