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To: Stephen Satchell <list@fluent2.pyramid.net>
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Subject: Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help. 
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list@fluent2.pyramid.net said:
>  Look, I agree that there is significant merit to KiB et. al., but the
>  marketplace has not always selected that which is best.  That's the
> nature  of the marketplace. 

The marketplace selected Windows.

If you are more interested in the choices of the marketplace than in
technical correctness, one has to wonder what you're doing on this mailing
list.

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dwmw2


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