hmmmm.....I can feel a "bloatware" discussion coming on :))))))

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wilson, Fred" <fred.wilson@...>
To: <ib-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 6:34 AM
Subject: RE: [ib-support] Fw: What's New In InterBase 7


> Yup, they're basically free. I've never figured why some "engineers" what
to
> spend a zillion man hours to save 1 meg in free disk storage ! Doesn't
make
> and sense to me ;)
>
> Best regards,
> Fred Wilson
> SE, Bell & Howell
> fred.wilson@...
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ann W. Harrison [mailto:aharrison@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 12:03 PM
> To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [ib-support] Fw: What's New In InterBase 7
>
>
> At 10:57 AM 10/30/2002 -0500, pschmidt@... wrote:
> > > Borland is using an INT for storage, Firebird will likely use a
> > > SmallInt.
> > >
> >
> >It would be really nice if both used a packed set of 1 bit fields, so a
> >32bit int would
> >contain up to 32 booleans. However this might be a lot of work,
> >especially if all of
> >the pseudo booleans in the system tables were changed to real booleans.
>
> Has anyone checked disk prices in the last decade or so?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Ann
> www.ibphoenix.com
> We have answers.
>
>
>
>
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> ib-support-unsubscribe@egroups.com
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> ib-support-unsubscribe@egroups.com
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
>