Comments on: “But disk space is cheap” http://blog.assarbad.net/20080809/but-disk-space-is-cheap/ Programming, reverse engineering and anything else as well ... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:22:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Remko http://blog.assarbad.net/20080809/but-disk-space-is-cheap/#comment-46011 Remko Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:21:01 +0000 http://blog.assarbad.net/20080809/but-disk-space-is-cheap/#comment-46011 Don't forget that large executables on disk are also large executables in memory! Even though memory has become cheap most user still run 32 bit systems with a 4 GB memory limit (and a 2 GB per process virtual memory limit). So I agree with you on this one. As for java: I think it's a mess, so many version and so many incompatibilities OMG. For .net, the library is becoming huge we'll have to see where it leads to. Perhaps for a business app .net is the way to go but for tools/utilities I prefer win32. Don’t forget that large executables on disk are also large executables in memory! Even though memory has become cheap most user still run 32 bit systems with a 4 GB memory limit (and a 2 GB per process virtual memory limit). So I agree with you on this one.
As for java: I think it’s a mess, so many version and so many incompatibilities OMG. For .net, the library is becoming huge we’ll have to see where it leads to. Perhaps for a business app .net is the way to go but for tools/utilities I prefer win32.

]]> By: Peter Gibbons http://blog.assarbad.net/20080809/but-disk-space-is-cheap/#comment-45988 Peter Gibbons Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:17:11 +0000 http://blog.assarbad.net/20080809/but-disk-space-is-cheap/#comment-45988 In the real world there are more issues with java version management especially on x64 than with .Net. But we'll see how Microsoft copes with .Net's problems in the future: http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=32690 In the real world there are more issues with java version management especially on x64 than with .Net. But we’ll see how Microsoft copes with .Net’s problems in the future: http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=32690

]]> By: Chris http://blog.assarbad.net/20080809/but-disk-space-is-cheap/#comment-45620 Chris Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:17:44 +0000 http://blog.assarbad.net/20080809/but-disk-space-is-cheap/#comment-45620 Sorry, you're alone with that opinion. All the .NET crap is coming and is going to fill up your space with bazillion .NET versions, millions of side by side assemblies, thousands of COM DLLs and one big managed OS (YES! Managed OS!). There is nothing we can do - oh wait - We can do one thing: FIGHT .NET and go back to our native caves, i mean code! If that is not your problem, you should just clear your log files and delete the cache of the browser ;-) But please! Don't send us back to structual programming! I hate C. Sorry, you’re alone with that opinion. All the .NET crap is coming and is going to fill up your space with bazillion .NET versions, millions of side by side assemblies, thousands of COM DLLs and one big managed OS (YES! Managed OS!). There is nothing we can do - oh wait - We can do one thing: FIGHT .NET and go back to our native caves, i mean code!

If that is not your problem, you should just clear your log files and delete the cache of the browser ;-)

But please! Don’t send us back to structual programming! I hate C.

]]> By: Oliver http://blog.assarbad.net/20080809/but-disk-space-is-cheap/#comment-45434 Oliver Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:15:16 +0000 http://blog.assarbad.net/20080809/but-disk-space-is-cheap/#comment-45434 That is yet another facet of the story, indeed. // Oliver That is yet another facet of the story, indeed.

// Oliver

]]> By: Peter Gibbons http://blog.assarbad.net/20080809/but-disk-space-is-cheap/#comment-45420 Peter Gibbons Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:21:16 +0000 http://blog.assarbad.net/20080809/but-disk-space-is-cheap/#comment-45420 Those people often don't care about (external) backup, redundancy, archiving, energy consumption, cooling, IO performance, room requirements, data lifecycle management, encryption, SAN infrastructure, storage virtualization, system management... If you take all this into account you have costs of 10 to 20€/GByte + monthly spendings for above factors. Those people often don’t care about (external) backup, redundancy, archiving, energy consumption, cooling, IO performance, room requirements, data lifecycle management, encryption, SAN infrastructure, storage virtualization, system management…
If you take all this into account you have costs of 10 to 20€/GByte + monthly spendings for above factors.

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