First of all, the registry is a DATABASE. It's not loaded into memory in its entirety at once!
Each branch has permissions defined by the system's (or NT Domain's) ACLs, just like NTFS!
The registry can be backed up and restored simply in a multitude of ways. Just because you don't know how doesn't mean it can't be done.
A lot better than text files. Faster and more organized.
The registry is meant to give consistency and organization to Windows programs, something that *nix programs LACK. When you can prove that that unorganized shithole known as/etc/ (or is it {$HOME}/? Or something else? Face it - there is NO consistency under Unix) is better than a clean, organized database, you'll begin to catch my ear. Please, just try to begin to prove to me that flatfile text files are better than binary databases. Obviously you've never taken a single reasonably difficult programming class in your life.
Boo hoo. The registry is awesome! Reason? HKEY_CURRENT_USER is part of your roaming profile. Everything is hierarchicaly stored within it. If you ever want to transfer settings, just export a.REG file (a standard text file - be careful though, WinXP exports to Unicode text by default) and re-import it whereever you want.
Plus, the registry keeps your home directory free from dot-file clutter. Or INI file clutter, in this case.
Wow, tell me that was written without bias. Windows can speak NFS. There are hundreds of utilities for just this. Just like you have to install smbfs support in Unix/Linux, you have to install it on Windows.
If you write your site in ASP (note you cite ASP.NET, to further your agenda with a brand new product), you can run it on Windows, Unix/Linux, and NetWare. Ever heard of Chilisoft! ASP, or Novell NScript?
Your idiotic points are akin to saying "Windows binaries don't run on a 4-way Sun box! Huzzah!"
When you can play the field fairly, and present valid points, feel free to do so. Otherwise STFU.
BTW, "more flexible" does NOT mean "more capable" or "more productive."
That is uninformed bullcrap. NT has ACLs. Unix doesn't (by default, and in most installations). Any OS is as secure as you make it. In fact, I'd bet a double-latte from Starbucks that I could set up an NT box that was more secure than a unix box you could setup any day. Want to take me up on the offer?
Of course you work for the DOI so you know what's best for them...
The slashdot database dies at least once a week. That's what happens when you get a cached front page and it seems like you're logged out, and you can't access any stories. = 7 days is unacceptable.
Plus DB's and webservers should always run on different boxes (which they do).
Slashdot, in fact, is pushing MySQL to its limits. In the faq, it says:
Slashcode itself is based on Apache, mod_perl and MySQL. The MySQL and Apache configs are still being tweaked -- part of the trick is to keep the MaxClients setting in httpd.conf on each web server low enough to not overwhelm the connection limits of database, which in turn depends on the process limits of the kernel, which can all be tweaked until a state of perfect zen balance has been achieved... this is one of the trickier parts. Run 'ab' (the apache bench tool) with a few different settings, then tweak SQL a bit. Repeat. Tweak httpd a bit. Repeat. Drink coffee. Repeat until dead. And every time you add or change hardware, you start over!
Fault tolerance was a big issue. We've started by load balancing anything that could easily be balanced, but balancing MySQL is harder. We're funding development efforts with the MySQL team to add database replication and rollback capabilities to MySQL (these improvements will of course be rolled into the normal MySQL release as well).
IOW, Slashdot is not your everyday ho-hum implementation of MySQL. It is custom written and tweaked. But still, Slashdot's MySQL database dies about once a week (ever try to log on, and all you get is a cached copy of the homepage as if you're logged out?) Your OS could have an uptime of 5,432,234 days, but that means jack shit when it comes to your DB dying every 7 days. That's unacceptable.
For one, I'd love to see Slashdot run on a _real_ database -- e.g., Oracle or DB2 (I believe MS-SQL is out of the question around here). Since Sourceforge/OSDN is in bed with IBM, I don't see how Andover.Net can't snag a copy of DB2 for free, and use it as a poster-child.
Plus, Slash already comes with Oracle scheman creation scripts. It can't be that hard.
M$ has absolutely NO business badmouthing ANY other vendor's database product. M$ SQL is the biggest POS I have ever seen. DB2, Oracle and Sybase beat its pants off all day long.
You're better off paying $5/mo for a subscription to TotalFark.
If you're paying $10/mo for _Slashdot_ of all things, you're an idiot, I'm sorry. What, you don't get the sourceforge ads. Boo hoo. No new content means you shouldn't have to pay them. The fact knowing that I'd be supporting people like michael makes me vomit.
If you want to read an exceptionally funny example of the Nigerian Fee scam, head on over to haxial.com -- the results are side-splitting. This all happened last week (check the dates).
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My OS is free, and so is the software I use on it. As in beer
Well, since Free Software generally falls within the same category as "Pabst Blue Ribbon," I feel sorry for you.
You wanna talk Clinton-style?
Don't forget that CodeRed thingy is not an IIS bug -- it's an Index Server bug.
Jeez!
/etc/ (or is it {$HOME}/? Or something else? Face it - there is NO consistency under Unix) is better than a clean, organized database, you'll begin to catch my ear. Please, just try to begin to prove to me that flatfile text files are better than binary databases. Obviously you've never taken a single reasonably difficult programming class in your life.
First of all, the registry is a DATABASE. It's not loaded into memory in its entirety at once!
Each branch has permissions defined by the system's (or NT Domain's) ACLs, just like NTFS!
The registry can be backed up and restored simply in a multitude of ways. Just because you don't know how doesn't mean it can't be done.
A lot better than text files. Faster and more organized.
The registry is meant to give consistency and organization to Windows programs, something that *nix programs LACK. When you can prove that that unorganized shithole known as
IIS/ASP/ODBC rips Apache/Perl/PHP a new asshole... _if_ configured properly and securely.
Plus, the same old song and dance is getting old, now that Apache has its own share of bugs and worms.
Boo hoo. The registry is awesome! Reason? HKEY_CURRENT_USER is part of your roaming profile. Everything is hierarchicaly stored within it. If you ever want to transfer settings, just export a .REG file (a standard text file - be careful though, WinXP exports to Unicode text by default) and re-import it whereever you want.
Plus, the registry keeps your home directory free from dot-file clutter. Or INI file clutter, in this case.
Simply put, Registry >> INI files.
You're misinformed. When you login to Hotmail you log into passport. Are you saying you can't log into hotmail from Linux? I think not.
Doesn't LindowsOS constantly run as the 'root' user?
Wow, tell me that was written without bias. Windows can speak NFS. There are hundreds of utilities for just this. Just like you have to install smbfs support in Unix/Linux, you have to install it on Windows.
If you write your site in ASP (note you cite ASP.NET, to further your agenda with a brand new product), you can run it on Windows, Unix/Linux, and NetWare. Ever heard of Chilisoft! ASP, or Novell NScript?
Your idiotic points are akin to saying "Windows binaries don't run on a 4-way Sun box! Huzzah!"
When you can play the field fairly, and present valid points, feel free to do so. Otherwise STFU.
BTW, "more flexible" does NOT mean "more capable" or "more productive."
And it's not even noon!
What are they posting next hour?
"Bill Gates mixes whites and darks in washing machine -- turns socks blue!"
I'll pull one thing out of your spew of lies and damn lies:
Drive Letters
They're irrelevant in NTFS as you can mount anywhere as under Unix, in addition to drive letters.
HAND
Wow, sounds like your sysadmins were a bunch of know-nothing retards. If you've ever seen a properly run NT network, you'd be amazed.
For example: all the documents created in Office2K or whatever will not readable (faithfully) by any other software, including OpenOffice.
Will YOU be reading the documents? No. So STFU.
If you are THAT upset about your tax dollars buying gvn't copies of Office XP, then, well, move to Canada.
That is uninformed bullcrap. NT has ACLs. Unix doesn't (by default, and in most installations). Any OS is as secure as you make it. In fact, I'd bet a double-latte from Starbucks that I could set up an NT box that was more secure than a unix box you could setup any day. Want to take me up on the offer?
Of course you work for the DOI so you know what's best for them...
or the good looking girl next door
:)
Uhh... this treads into "pervert" land. You know, you could just try talking to her, I've heard it works sometimes.
LMAO... they had an un-password-protected admin applet at riaa.org/admin.
ROFL!
Morons!!
But you seem to be running that site under Win2k/IIS 5. What is the performance w/ MySQL? Is it running under the CygWin environment?
You're a retard. Do you even know what he was talking about?
Don't forget about Scott and his tiger!
Eh?
The slashdot database dies at least once a week. That's what happens when you get a cached front page and it seems like you're logged out, and you can't access any stories. = 7 days is unacceptable.
Plus DB's and webservers should always run on different boxes (which they do).
IOW, Slashdot is not your everyday ho-hum implementation of MySQL. It is custom written and tweaked. But still, Slashdot's MySQL database dies about once a week (ever try to log on, and all you get is a cached copy of the homepage as if you're logged out?) Your OS could have an uptime of 5,432,234 days, but that means jack shit when it comes to your DB dying every 7 days. That's unacceptable.
For one, I'd love to see Slashdot run on a _real_ database -- e.g., Oracle or DB2 (I believe MS-SQL is out of the question around here). Since Sourceforge/OSDN is in bed with IBM, I don't see how Andover.Net can't snag a copy of DB2 for free, and use it as a poster-child.
Plus, Slash already comes with Oracle scheman creation scripts. It can't be that hard.
M$ has absolutely NO business badmouthing ANY other vendor's database product. M$ SQL is the biggest POS I have ever seen. DB2, Oracle and Sybase beat its pants off all day long.
Oh, really? Then why does the TPC say that MS-SQL + IIS holds the top 9 spots for e-commerce performance and the top 3 for transaction processing?
What if the entire system ran on Linux? Now you don't know what the hell to do, do you?
Quick, I think I hear the black helicopters in your backyard!
You're better off paying $5/mo for a subscription to TotalFark.
If you're paying $10/mo for _Slashdot_ of all things, you're an idiot, I'm sorry. What, you don't get the sourceforge ads. Boo hoo.
No new content means you shouldn't have to pay them. The fact knowing that I'd be supporting people like michael makes me vomit.
If you want to read an exceptionally funny example of the Nigerian Fee scam, head on over to haxial.com -- the results are side-splitting. This all happened last week (check the dates).