[Flame Bait] - Linux as bloatware

[Craig White]

On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 22:16 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> 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?
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save that one for a Windows list please.

Craig