Dan, I wish more people would take the time to read the material before blasting it based on assumptions. OTOH, it might be a fatal mistake to have the project called 'Linux Registry'. I was sceptical when I started reading, but got converted. I actually like the idea. On Tuesday 27 July 2004 12:18, Dan Williams wrote: > Not that I'm advocating it (I'm don't care one way or the other), but > most Linux people dislike the windows registry for reasons this project > would fix: > > - All key-value pairs are stored in clear-text files. (Windows uses > binary files(?)) (Next question, how about nested values... > > - It is designed to be easy to administrate with regular command line > tools like cat, vi, cp, ls, ln. Its storage is 100% open. (this is also > a common argument against Windows Registry by anti-registry folk) > > Anybody can abuse a flat text file config system too, just as much as > the Windows Registry becomes a horrible mess. > -- Remco Treffkorn (RT445) HAM DC2XT remco@xxxxxxx (831) 685-1201
