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> Configuration data
> on VMS was mostly stored in the form of "logical names", which are sort
> of like persistent environment variables with different namespaces (per
> system, per group, and per user).

Well, the windows registry also provide such kind of centralized,
persistent environment variables, with different namespaces
(per system, per user)?

At least, let's say that Windows way of storing configuration looks
closer then VMS than UNIX.

Cedric




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