Le jeudi 14 juin 2007 à 12:15 +0200, Gabor Gombas a écrit : > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 08:45:13PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > > The meaning of 1 TB is approximate only for approximate people. I'd > > expect more rigor from people working in computer science (if we can > > call it a science). > > ... and since most Debian users are not computer scientists, Scott is > right. > > Yesterday my collegue asked me how much storage a server has that we > bought from some project money, and he had to write a report. When I > told him "931 MiB", he said "No, I want a number like 1T or 2T" (and he > has an IT degree, although not CS in the strict sense). That's how > people think, and if you do not acknowledge that, you're living outside > of reality.
I don't know who told you he always needs precision, but it wasn't me. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2007/06/msg00589.html (The answer to all of your nonsense is already in this post, no need to repeat myself.) -- .''`. : :' : We are debian.org. Lower your prices, surrender your code. `. `' We will add your hardware and software distinctiveness to `- our own. Resistance is futile.