If I was being cynical I'd say they do it because 1674GB seems like you're
getting more GB for your $ (or £).
Just like the high street retail trade who think that shoppers are stupid,
pricing an item at $99.99 instead of $100.
Are we fooled? Not usually, but many $millions have been made on very small
margins.
Regards
Jeff Bull
iSeries Technical Consultant
NYCO Ltd - iSeries & AS/400 Automation Specialists
Tel: +44(0)20 8416 3778
Fax: +44(0)20 8416 3779
Mobile: +44(0)77 5692 3335
Email: jeff.bull@xxxxxxxxxx
Website: www.nyco.co.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matt Olson
Sent: 01 October 2012 20:57
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: WRKSYSSTS
Why does WRKSYSSTS report the ASP pool size based off of 1 Kilobtye being
1000 bytes, unlike every other operating system where 1 Kilobyte is 1024
bytes. It tells me we have 1674 GB, but in actuality we have 1559 GB by the
normal math.
I found an article here that states what I'm saying is true, just no
explanation as to WHY they are doing it this way:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas196239abb475bff268625745c00
779561
Matt
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