Celebrating 45 Years of Kermit with the First New C-Kermit Release in 15 Years

Re:Celebrating 45 Years of Kermit with the First New C-Kermi... by caycep on Monday August 03, 2026 @05:47PM (#49161908)

"1981 was a different time for computing. It was expensive (both hardware and software)"

doesn't sound so different anymore...the VCs have managed to go back to the future...

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Re:Celebrating 45 Years of Kermit with the First New C-Kermi... by rob74 on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @02:48AM (#49165093)

Even though the price of RAM has gone up recently, it's still (even if you don't adjust for inflation) several orders of magnitude cheaper than it was in 1981...

This graph (https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/historical-cost-of-comput...) doesn't contain the latest uptick, but just to get the picture:

1981: 1 TB of memory cost 12.8 billion $

2023: 1 TB of memory cost 1088 $

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Re:Celebrating 45 Years of Kermit with the First New C-Kermi... by caycep on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @07:03PM (#49176501)

I suppose that's one way to measure, but would a "real world measure" i.e. cost of the amount of ram to realistically run the apps/software/OS of the time be more relevant?

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Re:Celebrating 45 Years of Kermit with the First New C-Kermi... by NetMageSCW on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @10:12AM (#49183192)

So if 32GB of RAM used to cost $400 million and now costs $250, is that better?

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