8 lines
1.9 KiB
HTML
8 lines
1.9 KiB
HTML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no"?>
|
||
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Gates's Law</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="gas.html" title="gas"/><link rel="next" href="gawble.html" title="gawble"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Gates's Law</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gas.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="gawble.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Gatess-Law"/><dt xmlns="" id="Gatess-Law"><b>Gates's Law</b></dt></dt><dd><p> “<span class="quote">The speed of software halves every 18 months.</span>” This
|
||
oft-cited law is an ironic comment on the tendency of software bloat to
|
||
outpace the every-18-month doubling in hardware capacity per dollar
|
||
predicted by <a href="../M/Moores-Law.html"><i class="glossterm">Moore's Law</i></a>. The reference is to Bill
|
||
Gates; Microsoft is widely considered among the worst if not the worst of
|
||
the perpetrators of bloat.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gas.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../G.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="gawble.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">gas </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> gawble</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
|