Hi,
On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Omer Zak wrote:
> Why, yes of course, if you move to binary configuration files for your
> applications and make their format a trade secret and release obfuscated
> source files for the modules, which deal with the configuration files,
> then you in effect erect a tollgate and make it difficult for developers
> to develop competing configuration tools for your applications, and then
> you can make some money from configuration tools, time spent at
> installation, consulting fees, ad nauseaum...
So true, but we also have to beware of some types of text files... For
example, I am a big proponent of XML files as a very small scale
replacement for a database. It has all you need for a small scale DB.
But the problem with XML files is that they exhibit the same parsing
problems that text files have, along with shoddy readability, like binary
files.
That said, I probably should state that I personally prefer text files.
And the author of the software should work a little on making the text
file ordered reasonably.
Amit
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