[Flame Bait] - Linux as bloatware

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 10 April 2006 20:35, Stephen Mirowski wrote:
>
> I guess in the M$ sys vs Open Source sys, M$ does have something good,
> less code
> reuse which prevents crazy deps trees and simplifies installs for users.
>
Less code reuse?  Yes, I remember well the days when all DOS programs had to 
include drivers for every common printer - and heaven help you if your 
printer wasn't one of the common ones.  That left you with a *very* basic 
Epson setup.  The one and only thing I welcomed when I was eventually forced 
to move to windows was the cure for this particular ill.

And while we're thinking about code reuse, why does 'dll hell' occur?

Anne
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