] "Ten years out, in terms of actual hardware costs you can
] almost think of hardware as being free -- I'm not saying
] it will be absolutely free -- but in terms of the power
] of the servers, the power of the network will not be a
] limiting factor," Gates said, referring to networked
] computers and advances in the speed of the Internet.

Oh course not you fucking twit. Its your bloated bullshit of an OS that is the bottleneck! 32 bit color depth for icons indeed!

Army General: You told us that Windows 98 would be faster and more efficient with better access to the Internet!
Bill Gates: It IS faster! Over five million ...
[Army General shoots him in the face]

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