Re: It's marketing lies allowed to become reality.
We have TiB and GiB now so that self-important Wikipedia trolls can bask in their smug superiority.
"I'm the only one marching in step. The rest of the army is marching out of step" has been a favorite Wikipedia meme since the online encyclopedia first became popular, with no sign of that changing yet. "Correcting" the meaning of GB is just one of the better known examples.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
