From: "Damian Yerrick" <mail DOT me DOT at DOT your DOT own DOT risk AT pineight DOT 8m DOT com>
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Subject: Re: An updated DOS - Please discuss
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 18:21:29 -0500
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Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu> wrote in message
news:37DD58FE DOT 54640A0E AT hmc DOT edu...
> Michael Kearns wrote:
> > Configuration - DOS is great because in 2 files (config.sys &
autoexec.bat)
> > you can configure the drivers, runtime apps etc. Compare this to any
Unix
> > variety with all the RC files, and modules etc...
>
> Not quite true.  I've never seen a real application for DOS that was
> configured solely in autoexec/config.  And even if it were, can you
> imagine the creeping, unmaintainable horror that autoexec.bat would
> become if it included all your settings for Wordperfect, Quake, Netware,
> Turbo Pascal, etc, etc?
>
> Oh wait, I don't have to imagine it, I've seen it.  It was called the
> "Windows Registry" :)

Nice one Nate Dogg. :-)

> IMHO, many separate files, each controlling one well-defined thing, are
> a lot easier to manage.

Provided they aren't all loaded by the power button.

> Besides, most of the config files on Unix are for daemons that don't
> even exist on DOS.  Drop those, and things will be much simpler
> (though perhaps useless).

Don't daemons exist on DOS, in the game DOSDoom, which
was made with DJGPP?

< No, those are demons. No 'a'.

I knew that.

> I use Linux at home, and I don't think the multi-user stuff is at all
> wasted.  It helps protect me from myself.  By running as a user when
> most of the system is owned by root, I limit the damage I can do with
> `rm -r'.

OT but I agree here. I did the same thing with my Mac; I left the
At Ease protection turned on and turned it off only when I wanted
to screw around with config.

Damian Yerrick
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