-- Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Thursday, 24 October 2002, 09:06 AM -0400): > Russell sez: > } Gregory Seidman wrote: > } > Russell sez: > ...and all this starts looking more and more like LDAP. Certain parts of > the registry (e.g. the passwords) would have to be system-only, > regardless of what the user's registry had in it; probably there would > be group registries as well. > > Doing it right requires astounding complexity; I think it's feasible, > but only just barely and only by a dedicated team of full-time systems > engineers. As I said, I expect to see something similar from Apple > before I see it anywhere else. Microsoft could do it more easily, since > they aren't tied to the legacy Unix file formats, but they have the > albatross of the original Win95 (or was it in earlier versions of > Windows?) system registry and will never be rid of it. There are some great ideas behind a registry -- centralized configuration, fewer files, and, if a front-end were written, ease of use.
HOWEVER, the longer I use *nix systems, the more I like the fact that when I want to tweak a *single* app, I tweak a *single* file for that app -- I don't have to go looking through a registry to find it, I don't have to open a registry editor, tell it what I'm configuring, and then do it -- I simply edit *the* file. I WOULD like to clean up my home directory, tho'. All those . files and directories make it an unwieldy place sometimes! -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
