Comments on: Moore’s law and software bloat

By: Rick Wicklin

Rick Wicklin — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:45:26 +0000

And don’t even get me started on software that automatically checks for updates every time I start my computer….

I’ll accept my share of the bloat blame: I write new code all day, and when the new software ships, it’s bigger than it was before.

By: Daniel Lemire

Daniel Lemire — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:11:07 +0000

There is a balance between robustness and speed. The old systems were far less reliable. Mac OS circa 1986 would freeze hard, something that hardly ever happens these days.

Windows 7 is orders of magnitude more robust than Windows 3.1.

By: DaveG

DaveG — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:40:30 +0000

I have also noticed this and it is very irritating.
But there is hope my new MBP with an SSD starts fast and ticks all these boxes.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:37:01 +0000

Here’s a contrary view, based upon the economics of storage. Excel today is much cheaper than it was in 1993: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000020.html

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