Re: Microsoft destroys TPC-C records!

On Sat, 01 Apr 2000 01:21:59 GMT, spam_at_admin.u.nu (Miguel Cruz) wrote:

>know a fair amount about the innards in order to run a tight ship. The
>difference is that with NT, you don't have to worry so much about knowing
>secret incantations, so it's easier to poke around through some dialog boxes
>and think you're a hotshot admin.

Quite true. One thing that particularly worries me in NT is the tremendous amount of stuff that is kept in a hard to work with format: the registry. There are heaps of stuff that can only be truly controlled by having to fire up the editor. And then it's all bets off.

I rather prefer the UNIX method of text-based config files (with so many comments that most of the time you don't need a manual). Change the file, re-init the daemon and you're away.

With NT, it's allways a toss if you changed the right parameter. The registry is remarkably poorly documented. And having to re-boot 99.9999% of the time after even trivial changes doesn't help at all.

It really has nothing to do with a GUI-based admin or not. A GUI can be slapped on as effectively over the NT registry as over the UNIX text files.

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den/index.html Received on Sat Apr 01 2000 - 00:00:00 CST