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New Way To Grade Decay of Computer Installations
skojt writes: "I saw this link in Dr Dobb's Journal (the paper edition) about the
behaviour of a slowly decaying computer installation. It refers to a Windows installation, but as the author writes, 'But there will shortly be ports to Linux, Mac OS X, and other Unices; we are confident these OSes are just as prone.'"
I'm disappointed that your post got moderated "insightful." It's not that you're wrong-- as far as I know, you've got your facts right. It's just that you're complaining for the sake of complaining. The fact that Microsoft is the object of your bile makes you "insightful."
Microsoft Windows, out of the box, is the reference standard for a clean operating system. The fact that this isn't the same as jamienk's idea of a clean operating system doesn't change anything.
Consider the opposite scenario. Whenever I install Linux, I blow through the defaults, mostly, just to get the OS up and running. And, every damn time, I have to go back downstairs to the lab and install and chkconfig on the telnet server. How insane is it that Red Hat decided to ship the OS with telnet access off by default? What good is a server if you can't telnet into it? Are they expecting me to sit down in front of the damn thing?
But that doesn't mean Red Hat's default installation is bogus. It just means that it's not completely compatible with my preferences. Same thing here. The default Windows installation isn't compatible with your preferences. So what?
Like I said, I'm just disappointed that you got moderated "insightful" for this comment. If I had mod points today, I'd take you down a point. As I don't, I'll just be satisfied with rebutting your position.