Re: Future for VC++ Programmers

lack of a unified installer system
Actually, the RPM used by RedHat was a defacto standard in many distros way
before Windows had something (remember the time when was no msi, only
InstallShield and Wise installer, doing whatever they though is right?)


nothing like the registry to determine what's on
the machine and where
Now, I would not give registry as an example!
I really think the registry was a decent idea for shared info, but is a bad
idea when extended for private stuff. To store there info that is to be
shared, fine (COM interfaces, file associations, etc.)
But application private setting? C'mon!
I really find more convenient the traditional .ini
When I install an apllication on a new machine, I can just copy 1 ini file
and have all the settings the way I want. Not so with the registry.

Ok, registry *should* be nicer than an ini (binary format, faster access,
security rights at key level, etc.) Buit is is not, because for a long time
it was a "free for all", "dump whatever you want, however you want, wherever
you want." Applications writing all over the registy is one of the major
things breaking applications in Vista (running with a non-proviledged user).
Relatively few applications write to "Program Files" or "Windows" folders,
but a lot of them write in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or even HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.


libraries placed at arbitrary locations
This is really not true.

Have you really used a major Linux distribution in the last 5 years?
But I mean *used* it, not kicking tires 15 minutes?


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