"The speed of software halves every 18 months." 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
{Moore's Law}. The reference is to Bill Gates; Microsoft is widely
considered among the worst if not the worst of the perpetrators of
bloat.
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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {Moore's Law}]