Bloat in Software (IRIX- 1993)

  • The mistake was that thinking the limited Indy hardware was supposed to run a real operating system. IRIX was a real operating system and to run it, you gave it max hardware. To do otherwise would be to put a single stroke lawnmower engine into a porsche 959.

  • > Indy: an Indigo without the 'go'

    They couldn't have named that machine more accurately if they tried.