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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by randomdata on Thursday September 23, 2021 @09:56AM (#28629197)
> Those of us in the computer industry can well remember when "640K should be enough for anyone."

I can remember the urban legend, but there seems to be no solid evidence that it was ever actually said, let alone believed by anyone. The saying is normally attributed to Bill Gates, but he denies ever saying it, and tells how he was pushing computer makers to include even more RAM.

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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by ChrisMarshallNY on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:09AM (#28629373)
That’s why I didn’t attribute the quote. I’m quite aware that the attribution is probably B.S.

There’s no question that the attitude was prevalent, though; whether or not Gates said anything like it.

“Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet.”

—Abraham Lincoln

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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by randomdata on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:21AM (#28629547)
When 640k was all you could reasonably buy as a consumer, it had to be enough for anyone if you wanted to own a computer at the time. It was never thought of as some fundamental limit that could not be broken or utilized in larger quantities, however.
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