Well, it would appear those in question did not read the message above, at least they did not reply to any of the points made, so I am duty bound to explain in a bit more detail, as to how there are no other choices other than Project Gutenberg's first effort at a regular production schedule in 1991 as a starting point. Here are various starting years and results for Moore's Law used to project the growth of Project Gutenberg. START TOTAL START TOTAL START TOTAL START TOTAL YEAR NUMBER YEAR NUMBER YEAR NUMBER YEAR NUMBER ACTUAL 1971 BASE 1971 1979 BASE 1979 1990 BASE 1990 1993 BASE 1993 NUMBER/YR 1971 1 1 1971 1974 4 4 1974 1977 16 7 1977 1980 64 1979 9 9 1980 1983 256 1982 36 9 1983 1986 1024 1985 144 10 1986 1989 4096 1988 576 1990 10 10 1989 1992 16384 1991 2304 1993 40 1993 100 42 1992 1995 65536 1994 9216 1996 160 1996 400 365 1995 1998 262144 1997 36864 1999 640 1999 1600 1550 1998 2001 1480576 2000 147456 2002 2560 2002 25600 4260 2001 2004 4194304 2003 589824 2005 10240 2005 102400 14944 2004 2007 16777216 2006 2359296 2008 40960 2008 409600 ????? 2007 As you can plainly see, starting Moore's Law at any other date than ~1991 is inappropriate not only because the numbers make it obvious, but also because 1991 was the first year of regular production growth for Project Gutenberg.