On Monday 10 April 2006 20:35, Stephen Mirowski wrote: > > I guess in the M$ sys vs Open Source sys, M$ does have something good, > less code > reuse which prevents crazy deps trees and simplifies installs for users. > Less code reuse? Yes, I remember well the days when all DOS programs had to include drivers for every common printer - and heaven help you if your printer wasn't one of the common ones. That left you with a *very* basic Epson setup. The one and only thing I welcomed when I was eventually forced to move to windows was the cure for this particular ill. And while we're thinking about code reuse, why does 'dll hell' occur? Anne
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