Re: Microsoft destroys TPC-C records!

In comp.databases.sybase Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam> wrote:

> Quite true. One thing that particularly worries me in NT is the
> tremendous amount of stuff that is kept in a hard to work with format:
> the registry. There are heaps of stuff that can only be truly
> controlled by having to fire up the editor. And then it's all bets
> off.
 

> I rather prefer the UNIX method of text-based config files (with so
> many comments that most of the time you don't need a manual). Change
> the file, re-init the daemon and you're away.

You like text-based flat file and not RDBMS

> With NT, it's allways a toss if you changed the right parameter. The
> registry is remarkably poorly documented. And having to re-boot
> 99.9999% of the time after even trivial changes doesn't help at all.
 

> It really has nothing to do with a GUI-based admin or not. A GUI can
> be slapped on as effectively over the NT registry as over the UNIX
> text files.

> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam
> http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den/index.html

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