From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 20 13:39:24 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0EDD16A41F for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:39:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA62743D5C for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:39:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spam.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id A106520A9; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 14:39:18 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Tests: AWL,BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO X-Spam-Learn: ham X-Spam-Score: -3.2/3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on tim.des.no Received: from xps.des.no (des.no [80.203.243.180]) by tim.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23FFA20A8; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 14:39:18 +0100 (CET) Received: by xps.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 097A033C3E; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 14:39:18 +0100 (CET) To: Ragnar Lonn References: <43A13E1B.9060106@gatorhole.se> <20051215195746.GA39959@rancor.immure.com> <86irtj6hxn.fsf@xps.des.no> <20051220130653.GA16559@rancor.immure.com> <86ek476hfg.fsf@xps.des.no> <43A805FA.4020508@gatorhole.se> From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 14:39:18 +0100 In-Reply-To: <43A805FA.4020508@gatorhole.se> (Ragnar Lonn's message of "Tue, 20 Dec 2005 14:24:10 +0100") Message-ID: <86acev6g6x.fsf@xps.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Alexandre DELAY , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HDD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:39:24 -0000 Ragnar Lonn writes: > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > > Elementary arithmetics. If flash prices are currently 94 times higher > > than hdd prices and they halve every year, it will take them less than > > seven years to reach today's hdd prices. > And you feel confident that HDD prices will stay fixed the next 7 > years then? No. That is why I wrote "today's hdd prices". > Elementary or advanced arithmetics, it doesn't matter if you don't > think first ;) Right back at you. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no