Peter Nikolic said the following on 11/30/2009 02:24 AM:
On Sunday 29 Nov 2009 23:05:51 John Andersen wrote:
They might just as well insist these settings be in the Registry.
DO you mind we are trying to keep this clean ;-)
Didn't we just have this discussion under the thread titled "how to stop Dolphin from scattering .directory files all over the filesystem?" I said then and I'll say again ... So, tell me again, how is the centralized model, as epitomized by Microsoft Window's registry, superior to the kind of distributed model that *NIX has been using for so long? Oh, right - its just one application. We can't put it in a .config file with comments and explanations of the meaning and options of the various settings like other applications do, and use the self same editing tools, including VI, because a) that would mean it would be confusing for Windows users and grandparents b) it starts up slower than a binary file 'cos of the time taken to parse it. (and lets not even consider the cost of XML parsing!) c) it would be comprehensible to hackers without reams of documentation But of course, as the modern Linux GUIs show, as OpenOffice shows as MONO shows, there are many people who are convinced that Linux is only going to succeed by aping Windows as closely as possible. -- "To be conscious of one's ignorance is the beginning of wisdom". -- Sri Ram -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org