On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 22:16 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > 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? ---- save that one for a Windows list please. Craig
