RE: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.hel

Dana Lacoste (dana.lacoste@peregrine.com)
Mon, 18 Mar 2002 08:46:43 -0800


Does ANYONE remember the flames that went on from this for weeks?

at least two of the people who posted about this don't.

BOTH OF YOU : GO READ THE LKML ARCHIVES.

This got beaten to death, resurrected, re-murdered, violated,
over-inflated, and just about every other verb that can be applied
to a thread. Give it up! It's over!

> In any event, I suggest that whatever exists just be left alone.
> Both the present and the proposed changes are incorrect. The
> present incorrect symbols are widely used, therefore the intent
> is known. The proposed symbols are not widely used and will just
> aggravate a sore created by Tech-Writers who can't read or write.

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