My first computer had a 10MB HDD. * I could program with it comfortably (e.g. Turbo Pascal). * I could play with it (Civ, Day of the Tentacle with a few tricks, ...) * I could run a office suite. * I could communicate via mail and newsgroups

In short: all problems back than could be solved at home.

And yeah, I know that barely anybody cares _how utterly_ wasteful software has become.

But think of the dEvElopEr exPeRienCe! They may have to slow down on the rate they are shitting things out to actually learn a native system/UI toolkit, or, gasp, write it a few different times for different environments! Thats gonna affect some bonuses for sure.