Date: 02 Feb 2002 07:44:43 -0500 From: "Brandon S. Allbery " KF8NH <allbery@ece.cmu.edu> To: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@TheWorld.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Junior Annoying Hacker Task Message-ID: <1012653902.2867.3.camel@pyanfar.ece.cmu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200202020842.DAA11096920@shell.TheWorld.com> References: <5F46C986-16DB-11D6-8CEC-00039359034A@mac.com> <200202020842.DAA11096920@shell.TheWorld.com>
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On Sat, 2002-02-02 at 03:42, Kenneth W Cochran wrote: > >The point of the program would be to edit the "FreeBSD > >Registry", rc.conf, and make it look just like the Windows > >Registry in the editor, using "_" as the implied path > >component/terminal component (key) seperator. > > *Very* bad idea. OSes such as FreeBSD (or Unix in general, > for that matter) should *not* be made-up to "look-like" > something they're not, *especially* Windows. Yes and no. Blindly copying the \HKEY_* crap would be a seriously bad idea... but a GUI tool for rc.conf and sysctl maintenance would, I think, be a good thing. Not everyone wants to be forced to become a traditional Unix sysadmin, and "just run Windows and be done with it" isn't always the answer. (However, I fully agree that this doesn't belong on -stable.) -- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering KF8NH carnegie mellon university ["better check the oblivious first" -ke6sls] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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