Re: nt service packs and hotfixes

From: phn@icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Date: 08/22/02 

From: phn@icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Date: 22 Aug 2002 07:57:10 GMT

Alun Jones <alun@texis.com> wrote:
> In article <ak0n3p$l7k$5@nyheter.crt.se>, phn@icke-reklam.ipsec.nu wrote:
>>( why anyone should bother to run homegrown apps on wintendo is another
>> question,
>>a platform where installation of an application interferes with a
>>central "registry", poorly documented and barely understandable)

> I'm confused by what you've written here. I understand your dislike for
> Windows, and I'm not about to tell you that you should be running it.
> However, there's a good deal that seems either wrong, or poorly phrased.

Thanks alun, i was carried away here.

You have a valid point.

My recollection of various un*x however tells me that upgrading a system
might be reversible, depending on type of un*x. But there is
always a way to nullify an update that "make things break" - restore
a backup. This might be a short or lengthy process, but since
everything in un*x is files they can all be restored.

Interaction between installed apps and un*x itself is contained within
a few scripts, thus making it possible to install version+1 of a product,
test it and if you dont like it, remove it's assiciated files and go back
to the previous version.

Other unnamed platforms makes this very difficult.

Now if i was developing an app, i would run it on a platform where
largets possible influence of installation process and dependencys
allows me the greatest flexibility.

That was the reason for my comment.

> don't hate them either. I like or dislike various actions that they take, but
> one of the things I _really_ hate is to see information professionals
> dispensing misinformation, whether it is out of malice or simply because they
> don't know the answer.

> Alun.
> ~~~~

And thanks alun for keeping me "on the rug".

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