[Wolves] Well, I thought I'd best say hello.

[Richard Barker]

Give me a text file config any day, the registry can be a pain in the neck
to work with, and I speak as a support analyst.  The only good thing about
the MS regedit is remote registry editing, I'll admit that that's saved me a
few minutes in the past.

I'll hand MS a few good things when in a domain environment, I'm not an
unreasonable man, but there's too much not to like IMO.  Windows seems to
use Schlemiel's algorithms a bit too much.  For example, why enumerate
everything before deleting it?  Just delete it already!

I use Linux because it doesn't get in my way, it gives me more choice and
the machine does what I tell it to, not what some corporation thinks it
should.

On reflection, the above looks like a bit of a rant, so maybe I should go
and hide in my beer. :-)

On 30 April 2010 20:27, Kevanf1 <kevanf1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 30 April 2010 19:02, Richard Barker
> <richard.barker at quietwatercourse.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> I've been enjoying watching Linux grow over the years,
> > it's great that it's now at the point that I can put it on a second hand
> > laptop with minimum fuss for my Dad to use, and he gets on with it fine.
> >
>
> Why isn't my son like you then?  He absolutely 'bums' Microsoft even
> though he admits his laptop (running XP) is bloody awful.  It's not
> the laptop but the Microsoft registry.  Of course, I'm only his dad
> and don't know anything...
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