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This is something I'm personally very concerned about. The early program specifications are pretty clear about registry entries.

I just need to find a way to handle it in a sane manner. The best way I can think of is to have a tiny C library that just updates a list and then passes it to the Win32 API, but perhaps there's a better way.

-Ed

It's a Google Summer of Code project this year, actually...

My own project, heh heh--

Think about this: our current console market is a three player game. And the players are all "evil" in their own ways. Every single one. Let's review:

Microsoft: Established in this article, as well as through the entire history of the Windows operating system.

Sony: I think I've personally exposed most of their offences here, and that was back when they were destroying Lik-Sang.

Nintendo: Yeah, sure, they come off as the "noble" company now, but behind that shiny, chubby plumber's veiner lies a company that charges $5 a download - minimum - for games that have been illegally emulated for years and require a pathetically little amount of overhead, while BREAKING their functionality (old passwords don't work on some games), consistently milks their best franchises into spin-off after spin-off of games that have nothing to do with the franchises' original games, and back when they were on top of the console market, would force game companies into Draconian licensing agreements stating that companies could 1) only develop for Nintendo, 2) only make a certain amount of games per year (five), 3) had to allow Nintendo to manufacture all of the cartridges, and 4) Had to acquire the Seal of Quality, and let's not forget how they caused intentional shortages of hardware to create buzz for their products (Zelda II, anyone?) Nintendo is playing nice-nice with people now because they HAVE to.

So who do you root for? Personally, I think it's like choosing just how big the phallus is that screws you up the ass.

In the meantime? I do what I can.