Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 23:45:50 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Cedric Berger <cedric@wireless-networks.com> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DJBDNS vs. BIND Message-ID: <3A92129E.7CD722F4@softweyr.com> References: <200102200227.f1K2RHv02933@cwsys.cwsent.com> <3A9200C6.AA3C8433@softweyr.com> <3A920302.D750332F@wireless-networks.com>
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Cedric Berger wrote:
>
> > 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.
OK, except VMS didn't store them in some half-baked database file, and
didn't regularly scramble all of it. ;^)
The logicals on VMS were stored only in memory, and were created during
or after system boot by DSL procedures, the equivalent of shell scripts.
This is actually much more like UNIX than the Windows Registry.
Side Note: last week, my wife's computer would no longer hotsync either
of our Handspring Visors. An email to tech support resulted in a reply
with instructions to remove a corrupted key from the Registry; both Visors
immediately hotsynced following this surgery. What an unreliable pile
of crap.
Could we please get the AvantGo pipeline for FreeBSD, so I can download
Daily DaemonNews into my Visor from a REAL computer? ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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