On 7/19/2018 5:46 PM, Puckdropper wrote:
Jack wrote in news

Well, as I understand it, MAC is UNIX with a graphical interface.
That's why it works I reckon. For me though, I was always a gear
head, and liked the raw stuff. Unix and OS/2 (and DOS for that
matter) were amiable to folks working under the hood. Windows and Mac
not so much. The WIN Registry is so screwed up, designed by morons,
Gates should be in jail just for that alone.


Microsoft knows the registry sucks, it's a prime example of scope creep.
The guy who came up with it had a power point where it says: Let me say
something about the registry: I'm sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry
....
Insufficient number (204) of "sorry's snipped for brevity...

It's a great example of scope creep.

Probably right, but not sure what scope creep is. Gets worse as you add
to it?

It's a good idea on its face, they
just went overboard storing stuff in it.

I don't think the registry was ever a good idea, not on it's face, back,
knees or sitting on it's butt. It was either designed by morons (most
likely) or by geniuses (most UNlikely) hell bent on making a tangled
mess that would insure hordes of (computer) illiterates would buy tons
of virus software and indeed even new computers after the tangle
overwhelmed them, their hardware and software. It's pretty much the
reason tar and feathers was invented.

So, rather than scope creep, I think it's a great example of building on
a foundation of crap. If the foundation sucks, the top floors will also
suck. It's not just the registry either, it's pretty much everything
Microsoft. Dos, Win and there apps are all poorly designed from the
bottom up. With weak foundations, you get crap.

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Jack
Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.
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