Windows woes

[Sean Kelly]

pragma wrote:
> 
> Now if I were to ask a linux/unix guru "does the operating system have any kind
> of universal configuration storage medium, that is both fast and optimizable?",
> the answer would be "the filesystem, duh."

For what it's worth, MS appears to be moving away from the registry as 
the place to store things.  The .NET API uses XML formatted files for 
such things.

> Why they didn't just come up with a universal configuraiton file tree ( /etc
> anyone? ), with filesystem drivers that feature superior or tree-specific
> caching, I'll never know.  In every possible way, it would have provided a more
> stable configuration, for about half as much engineering.

MS seems to be built on the idea of finding the most complex solution 
possible for simple problems.  Sometimes I think they do it so they can 
farm out contract work.


Sean