Leonard Rosenthol on Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:03:34 -0400 (EDT)


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At 10:32 AM -0400 9/19/00, Michael W. Ryan wrote:
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 "standard means" yes, but not the only means - which was part of the discussion (as I understood it). And just as the "default" means of configuration on Linux is also via a "GUI", but you can fall back to text - so it is on Windows.



The presence of .ini files is a holdover for Win16 compatability.

True.


 The
Registry is hardly a "plaintext file", and it is the LAST place you want
to configure something.

I agree with you - UNFORTUNATELY, since MS told developers to use the Registry INSTEAD of .ini files, many applications out there can (and are) configurable via the Registry.


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