[Flame Bait] - Linux as bloatware

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 11 April 2006 17:29, Gilboa Davara wrote:

> The DLL hell problem begins and ends with the following problems:
> A. Windows allows local DLL execution by default. (No need for export
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH)
> B. Windows does not prevent applications from storing *system* DLLs in
> their local directory.
> C. -Even worse-, Windows does not prevent an application from
> upgrading/replacing/deleting the OS (/system32) copy of the said system
> DLL.
> D. Oh, when software N uninstalls, Windows does not stop it from
> deleting OS DLLs. (Beside the stupid _dllcache that never really works)
>
Add to that

The same dll may be present with different version numbers and creation dates

One version of a dll can be overwritten by an earlier one.

Anne
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