the registry

[Rahul Sundaram]

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 20:54:39 -0700, Kenneth Porter
<shiva at sewingwitch.com> wrote:
> --On Sunday, July 25, 2004 9:09 AM +0800 Edward
> <edward at tripled.iinet.net.au> wrote:
> 
> > You cannot be serious. The day Linux makes me look for some obscure
> > setting under {079ACDF2-9218-45CC-B735-AF459E25BC67}\00 is the day I give
> > up on computers.
> 
> Not too many settings are stored under GUIDs. Most of the useful stuff
> would be under something like SOFTWARE/Vendor/Product, just like it would
> be under /etc.


Big difference is that registry is a binary blob which mixes all kinds
of information and requires special tools to edit them
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Regards,
Rahul Sundaram