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Re: [PLUG] apt-get / rpm freshmeat article
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
> 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.
Huh? No, the standard, primary means of configuring Linux is via text
files. There are some applications that provide a GUI, but at the core,
Linux is still configured via plaintext files.
> 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.
Being able to configure an application via the Registry is a side effect.
Microsoft, nor any competent developer, would recommend using the
Registry to configure an application. Any time that MS gives a procedure
that involves editing the Registry, you do so at your own risk. The
Registry was meant to be a repository for persistent information. That is
NOT the same as a means of configuration. It's like saying that you
should configure an application by using a hex editor on the executable
file.
While you seem to be responding from a combination of misunderstanding and
having a chip on your shoulder, continuing this discussion isn't really
germaine to this list.
Michael W. Ryan, MCP, MCT | OTAKON, Video Operations
mryan@netaxs.com | Convention of Otaku Generation
http://www.netaxs.com/~mryan/ | http://www.otakon.com/
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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