From: Gregg N 

"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in
news:429523c7$1{at}w3.nls.net:

> Ok, something new to ask.
>
> MANY moons ago, if I recall correctly, it was Bill Gates  who said
> "Who will ever need more than 64k  or memory?
>

A similar statement about 640k has been attributed to him, but he denies
ever having said it, and apparently there are no citations for it.

http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,1484,00.html

The original 640k limit was due to the design of the original PC and the
8088 microprocessor within. The persistence of that limit in software
(kludgy workarounds notwithstanding) after the removal of the hardware
limit is due to the way DOS was designed.

Gregg

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