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Re: [PLUG] apt-get / rpm freshmeat article
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
> Windows has WORSE "text" config file problems than Linux does
> (IMHO). Combine the proliferation of ".ini" files (which are the
> actual text config files), with that evil Registry (which is really
> just a (poorly) structured hierarchical database of text) and look at
> the mess you get!
The standard means for configuration on a Win32 system (Windows 95,
Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000) is via a graphical interface.
The presence of .ini files is a holdover for Win16 compatability. The
Registry is hardly a "plaintext file", and it is the LAST place you want
to configure something.
Michael W. Ryan, MCP, MCT | OTAKON, Video Operations
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No, I don't hear voices in my head;
I'm the one that tells the voices in your head what to say.
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