Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 08:28:11 -0800 From: "Kutulu" <kutulu@kutulu.org> To: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>, "Terry Lambert" <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: "Paul Fardy" <pdfardy@mac.com>, <current@FreeBSD.ORG>, <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Junior Annoying Hacker Task Message-ID: <007f01c1ac06$9bc191a0$81663244@longhill1.md.home.com> References: <5F46C986-16DB-11D6-8CEC-00039359034A@mac.com> <20020202005621.841F4406A@i8k.babbleon.org> <3C5B42FA.858F36A8@mindspring.com> <20020202033112.5490F406A@i8k.babbleon.org>
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From: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 7:31 PM > I don't see that at all--the most distinctive characteristic to me of the > Microsoft Windows Registry is that it tries to be a *single* place where > *all* configuration information--both system and application--is written. If > you ask Microsoft I'm pretty sure they'd tell you that's it's prime advantage > and I claim that it's prime drawback. Either way, that's what most Actually, if you ask them *now* they will tell you it's a pain in the ass. Which is why they are moving away from the registry with .NET to application-specific "manifests". Much like MDI, this is another great Microsoft 'innovation' that everyone copied until it became a de-facto standard... just in time for Micrsoft to declare it a failure. :x (Waiting for someone to suggest XML manifests for FreeBSD, and cringing). --K To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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