On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 02:37:56 -0800, Kenneth Porter <shiva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > --On Saturday, November 06, 2004 7:25 AM -0300 Avi Alkalay > <avibrazil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I see Linux today as many separated programs > > that were forced to work together, but not designed to do so. So the > > system as a whole is not integrated. > > Don't forget that Linux is not Fedora. There are many flavors of Linux at > many scales, from tiny embedded systems to massive clusters. Configuration > machinery for one deployment may be inappropriate for another. Of course. But currently no massive cluster and no tiny deployment provides a way to apps integrate themselves automatically through their configurations. They allways have to ask users to manualy edit configuration files. Regards, Avi