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Deciding On The Future of Linux
A reader writes: The Free Standards Group has posted a request for feedback, now that they have completed LSB 1.2 and li18nux is also finished. Where should they/we go next? "
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Did they just ask "where do you want to go today?"
I agree completely. Applications shouldn't need to install any libraries at all. And I won't stand for the half-assed hack that would result either, where coders roll library functionality into the app itself, bloating it's size.
God-fucking-dammit, isn't it about time we had magical depenencies? Where the computer uses it's psychic abilities to create this depenency code on the fly, pulling it out of its ass or something? It's ridiculous, when you think about it. Who ever in their right mind has ever walked up to you and said "you know, to run Word, you need windows and a fuckload of DLLs already loaded and running!" It just doesn't happen, my friends. Why, because Windows already has Micro$oft Magical Library Generator XP, which creates them on the fly. And sure, if sometimes it is just random code that locks the CPU, isn't it worth it?
Damn, sarcastic mode is exhausting. BTW, mgkmsal2, you're one of the biggest slashtards I've ever seen here. Ever play with windows, and have it go spastic, wanting to know which version of the DLL you'll keep? Every operating system has this problem. If you don't like it, don't install software. Wanting your cake and eating it too, makes for really lame whining...