From owner-freebsd-arch Fri Feb 23 9:14:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from homer.softweyr.com (bsdconspiracy.net [208.187.122.220]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7957537B401 for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2001 09:14:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=softweyr.com ident=Fools trust ident!) by homer.softweyr.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14WLxI-0000pc-00; Fri, 23 Feb 2001 10:24:32 -0700 Message-ID: <3A969CD0.DE9E94E1@softweyr.com> Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 10:24:32 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matt Dillon Cc: Tony Finch , Randell Jesup , Terry Lambert , Alfred Perlstein , josb@cncdsl.com, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DJBDNS vs. BIND References: <200102200122.SAA04466@usr05.primenet.com> <3A934507.A0645CF3@softweyr.com> <20010223073526.F19285@hand.dotat.at> <200102230834.f1N8YTg79555@earth.backplane.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Matt Dillon wrote: > > Storing program-specific configuration data for many diverse applications > in a single file is (A) a stupid idea, (B) a stupid idea, and most > importantly (C) ... a stupid idea. Having config parameters all > in one place does not magically make the idiot tring to manipulate > them any better at his job, but it sure makes it more likely that he > will take the whole system down with him when he does make a mistake! Nor does stuffing a GUI on top of said configuration data, no matter where it is located, give somebody the experience to operate a complex system. Knowing how to do something does not imply knowing what to do. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message